UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7499
TRAVIS LEON DAVIDSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
ROBERT RATLIFF; NICOLE MACE; WESLEY ROBINSON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(4:11-cv-01072-RBH)
Submitted: June 7, 2012 Decided: June 14, 2012
Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Travis Leon Davidson, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Travis Leon Davidson seeks to appeal the district
court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate
judge and dismissing his civil complaint. 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 July 22, 2011. The notice of appeal was filed on November 4,
2011. * Because Davidson failed to file a timely notice of appeal
or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we
deny his pending motions and dismiss the appeal. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
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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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adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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