Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-20 21:00:44.260516+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 21-1622

        JENNIFER RAQUEL TAYLOR,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        E. H. MCDEVITT, Officer; K. LIEDKIE, Officer; SCOTT PITTS; ROY LONG HARTIS,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
        Statesville. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (5:20-cv-00196-KDB-DSC)

        Submitted: January 17, 2023                                       Decided: January 19, 2023

        Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Jennifer Raquel Taylor, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Jennifer Raquel Taylor seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without

        prejudice her amended 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a

        claim, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).          We dismiss the appeal for lack of

        jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.

               In civil cases, parties have 30 days after the entry of the district court’s final

        judgment or order to note an appeal, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), unless the district court

        extends the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5) or reopens the appeal period under

        Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). “[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a

        jurisdictional requirement.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007).

               The district court entered its order on April 9, 2021. Taylor filed her notice of appeal

        on May 26, 2021. Because Taylor failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an

        extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny Taylor’s motion for default judgment

        and dismiss the appeal.

               We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

        adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the

        decisional process.

                                                                                         DISMISSED

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