UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-7612
PIERRE A. RENOIR,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
WARDEN,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior
District Judge. (7:14-cv-00345-JLK-RSB)
Submitted: February 23, 2016 Decided: February 26, 2016
Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Pierre A. Renoir, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Pierre A. Renoir seeks to appeal the district court’s order
dismissing as successive his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition.
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
July 18, 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on October 2,
2015. * Because Renior 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 and dismiss the appeal.
We also deny Renoir’s motion to return to Keen Mountain
Correctional Center and dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
*For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date
appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could
have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to
the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266
(1988).
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materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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