Cargyle Solomon v. Shareese Kess-Lewis

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1310 CARGYLE BROWN SOLOMON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SHAREESE KESS-LEWIS; RANDOLPH T. LEWIS, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, District Judge. (1:13-cv-02632-JKB) Submitted: July 29, 2014 Decided: July 31, 2014 Before NIEMEYER, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Cargyle Brown Solomon, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Cargyle Brown Solomon seeks to appeal the district court’s orders denying her petition for a writ of habeas corpus and denying her motion for reconsideration. 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 denying reconsideration was entered on the docket on January 31, 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on April 2, 2014. Because Solomon 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 as moot Solomon’s motion to transfer. 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 2