UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-1105
DERRITT SWEARINGTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
G 6 HOSPITALITY, LLC,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad,
Jr., District Judge. (3:14-cv-00387-RJC)
Submitted: May 21, 2015 Decided: May 26, 2015
Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Derritt Swearington, Appellant Pro Se. Karen H. Chapman, Thomas
Lynn Ogburn, III, POYNER SPRUILL, LLP, Charlotte, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Derritt Swearington seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his
civil claims against G 6 Hospitality, LLC. 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 dismissal order was entered on the
docket on October 27, 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on
January 28, 2015. Because Swearington failed to file a timely
notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the
appeal period, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, deny
Swearington’s motion to strike Appellee’s informal response
brief, and 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 this court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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