UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-7693
DAVID LEE GARNER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CHARLESTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Terry L. Wooten, District Judge.
(3:07-cv-03654-TLW-JRM)
Submitted: February 26, 2009 Decided: March 5, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David Lee Garner, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
David Lee Garner seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint for
failure to comply with the court’s order. We dismiss the appeal
for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not
timely filed.
The time limits for noting an appeal in a civil case
are set forth in Rule 4(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate
Procedure, which effectuates 28 U.S.C. § 2107 (2006). See
Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, , 127 S. Ct. 2360, 2363
(2007). Parties are accorded thirty 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). A failure to file
a notice of appeal in accordance with § 2107 deprives the
appellate court of jurisdiction. Bowles, 127 S. Ct. at 2366.
The district court’s order was entered on the docket
on January 24, 2008. The notice of appeal was filed on
August 22, 2008. Because Garner 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
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in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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