UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-1643
GEORGIA L. GILCHRIST,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
and
MARIKA G. MATTHEWS,
Plaintiff,
v.
MICHAEL KELLEY,
Defendant – Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Roger W. Titus, District Judge. (8:09-
cv-00470-RWT)
Submitted: September 28, 2010 Decided: October 1, 2010
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Georgia L. Gilchrist, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Georgia L. Gilchrist seeks to appeal the district
court’s order dismissing without prejudice her civil complaint.
We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the
notice of appeal was not timely filed.
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). “[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’s order was entered on the docket
on April 20, 2009. The notice of appeal was filed on
June 7, 2010. Because Gilchrist failed to file a timely notice
of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal
period, we dismiss the appeal. We deny Gilchrist’s motion to
appoint counsel and dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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