UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-2289
THORNELL JOHNSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. George Jarrod Hazel, District Judge.
(8:14-cv-02536-GJH)
Submitted: October 20, 2015 Decided: October 22, 2015
Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dmitry Balannik, TOUCHSTONE LAW FIRM, LLC, Rockville, Maryland,
for Appellant. Craig R. Haughton, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, Baltimore,
Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Thornell Johnson seeks to appeal the district court’s order
granting defendant’s motion to dismiss and, dismissing his
complaint. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction
because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.
Parties are accorded 30 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
October 21, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed on November
21, 2015. Because Johnson 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 this court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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