UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-6534
JAMAL BULLOCK,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
HERBERT JACKSON,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad,
Jr., Chief District Judge. (3:12-cv-00848-RJC)
Submitted: May 23, 2013 Decided: May 29, 2013
Before MOTZ * and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jamal Bullock, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
*
Judge Motz did not participate in consideration of this
case. The opinion is filed by a quorum of the panel pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 46(d).
PER CURIAM:
Jamal Bullock seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition.
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 14, 2013. The notice of appeal was filed, at the
earliest, on March 19, 2013. * Because Bullock failed to file a
timely notice of appeal or to 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
*
Although an inmate’s notice of appeal ordinarily is deemed
filed on the date he delivered it to prison authorities for
mailing to the court, Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988),
Bullock’s notice of appeal does not indicate the date on which
this occurred. We conclude, however, that the notice of appeal
can be deemed filed no earlier than March 19, the date Bullock
signed the document.
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adequately presented in the materials before this court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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