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USCA11 Case: 24-10404    Document: 10-1     Date Filed: 03/29/2024   Page: 1 of 2

                                                  [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                   In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                          ____________________

                                No. 24-10404
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                          ____________________

       KETWON WESTMORELAND,
                                                   Petitioner-Appellant,
       versus
       WALTER BERRY,

                                                  Respondent-Appellee.

                          ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Northern District of Georgia
                    D.C. Docket No. 1:23-cv-02465-LMM
                          ____________________
USCA11 Case: 24-10404      Document: 10-1       Date Filed: 03/29/2024     Page: 2 of 2

       2                       Opinion of the Court                  24-10404

       Before WILSON, JORDAN, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
               This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic-
       tion. The 30-day statutory time limit required Ketwon West-
       moreland to file a notice of appeal from the district court’s July 14,
       2023 final judgment on or before August 14, 2023. See 28 U.S.C. §
       2107(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). However, Westmoreland did
       not file a notice of appeal until January 26, 2024, which is the date
       it is deemed filed under the prison mailbox rule. See Jeffries v. United
       States, 748 F.3d 1310, 1314 (11th Cir. 2014).
               Further, the record contains no basis for relief under Federal
       Rules of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5) or 4(a)(6) because West-
       moreland did not move to extend or reopen the appeal period or
       indicate in his notice of appeal that he failed to receive formal no-
       tice of the entry of judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5) (providing
       that a party may move to extend the time for filing a notice of ap-
       peal within 30 days of entry of final judgment); id. R. 4(a)(6)(A)
       (providing that the court may reopen the time to file an appeal for
       a period of 14 days where a party does not receive notice of the
       entry of the judgment). Accordingly, the notice of appeal is un-
       timely and cannot invoke our appellate jurisdiction. See Green v.
       Drug Enf’t Admin., 606 F.3d 1296, 1300 (11th Cir. 2010).
             All pending motions are DENIED as moot. No petition for
       rehearing may be filed unless it complies with the timing and other
       requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all other applicable rules.