UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-7599
DEBORAH J. SANDERS,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
WARDEN OF LEATH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,
Respondent – Appellee,
and
SOUTH CAROLINA, State of,
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Anderson. David C. Norton, District Judge.
(8:14-cv-02403-DCN)
Submitted: March 14, 2016 Decided: April 5, 2016
Before DUNCAN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Deborah J. Sanders, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka,
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Deborah J. Sanders seeks to appeal the district court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
denying her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 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
August 2, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed, at the
earliest, on October 7, 2015. Because Sanders failed to file a
timely notice of appeal or 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
* Additionally, Sanders failed to file timely objections to
the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, despite having
been properly warned of the consequences of failing to do so.
Thus, she has also waived appellate review of her claims. See
Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th Cir. 1985).
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presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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