UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7585
CHESTER LILLEY,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
UNNAMED RESPONDENT; CENTRAL PRISON HOSP.,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (5:16-hc-02036-D)
Submitted: January 17, 2017 Decided: January 20, 2017
Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Chester Lambert Lilley, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Chester Lambert Lilley, Jr. seeks to appeal the district
court’s order and judgment dismissing Lilley’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254
(2012) 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
October 3, 2016. The notice of appeal was filed on November 9,
2016. * Because Lilley failed to file a timely notice of appeal
or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we
deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, deny Lilley’s motions
for appointment of counsel, and dismiss the appeal. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
*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 this court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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