UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7476
JOSEPH MCMORRIS, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
LT JON SHERFIELD; DEPUTY KEVIN SMITH,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
UNION COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. J. Michelle Childs, District
Judge. (6:10-cv-00670-JMC)
Submitted: February 9, 2012 Decided: February 14, 2012
Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joseph McMorris, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Russell W. Harter, Jr.,
CHAPMAN, HARTER & GROVES, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Joseph McMorris, Jr. seeks to appeal the district
court’s order granting summary judgment to the Defendants in his
42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) action. 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 January 4, 2011. The notice of appeal was filed on November
3, 2011. Because McMorris failed to file a timely notice of
appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal
period, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
DISMISSED
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