UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-7077
MICHAEL GOINS, a/k/a Michael D. Goins,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
BOB OLSEN, FSV; AMY ENLOE, NP,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
PERRY CORRECTION INSTITUTION, THE OFFICIALS OF; SOUTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Cameron McGowan Currie, District
Judge. (4:10-cv-00487-CMC)
Submitted: August 13, 2012 Decided: August 17, 2012
Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael Goins, Appellant Pro Se. James Victor McDade, DOYLE,
O’ROURKE, TATE & MCDADE, PA, Anderson, South Carolina, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Michael Goins seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) action for want of
prosecution. 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 February 25, 2011. The notice of appeal was filed on
June 11, 2012. Because Goins 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 the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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