UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-2367
YOLANDA BELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, Senior
District Judge. (1:14-cv-00470-TSE-IDD)
Submitted: August 25, 2016 Decided: August 29, 2016
Before NIEMEYER, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Yolanda Bell, Appellant Pro Se. Dennis Carl Barghaan, Jr.,
Assistant United States Attorney, Michael Anthony Rizzotti,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Yolanda Bell appeals the district court’s order denying her
Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(2) motion to set aside the judgment
against her and the order denying her motion for
reconsideration. As to the Rule 60(b) order, we have reviewed
the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm
the denial of Rule 60(b) relief for the reasons stated by the
district court. Bell v. Dep’t of Def., No. 1:14-cv-00470-TSE-
IDD (E.D. Va. Sept. 4, 2015).
As to the order denying Bell’s motion for reconsideration,
we dismiss the appeal of that order for lack of jurisdiction.
“[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). In a civil action in which a United States agency
is a party, parties have 60 days after entry of the district
court’s order to note an appeal, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B),
unless a party obtains an extension or reopening of the appeal
period, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), (a)(6). “[A] bare notice of
appeal should not be construed as a motion for extension of
time, where no request for additional time is manifest,” even
for appellants proceeding pro se. Washington v. Bumgarner, 882
F.2d 899, 900-01 (4th Cir. 1989) (internal quotation marks
omitted). Here, the order denying reconsideration was entered
on October 9, 2015, but Bell did not file her notice of appeal
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of that order until December 9, 2015—61 days after entry—and she
has not sought an extension or reopening of the appeal period.
Accordingly, we affirm in part and dismiss in part. 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.
AFFIRMED IN PART;
DISMISSED IN PART
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