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Date Created: 2023-06-27 21:00:42.516061+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-7374

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

                      v.

        FELIX A. BRIZUELA, JR.,

                             Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Clarksburg. Irene M. Keeley, Senior District Judge. (1:18-cr-00001-TSK-MJA-1; 1:22-
        cv-00002-TSK)

        Submitted: June 22, 2023                                            Decided: June 26, 2023

        Before HARRIS and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Felix A. Brizuela, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Andrew R. Cogar, Assistant United States
        Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Clarksburg, West Virginia,
        for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Felix A. Brizuela, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing with

        prejudice his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction

        because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.

               When the United States or its officer or agency is a party in a civil case, the notice

        of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after the entry of the district court’s final

        judgment or order, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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 September 21, 2022. Brizuela filed the notice

        of appeal on November 28, 2022. Because Brizuela failed to file a timely notice of appeal

        or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we 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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