Peter Thomas v. Richland County
Filing
UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 4:11-cv-00176-JFA Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998706205]. Mailed to: Thomas. [11-6769]
Appeal: 11-6769
Document: 13
Date Filed: 10/21/2011
Page: 1 of 2
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-6769
PETER L. THOMAS, a/k/a Peter Lloyd Thomas, a/k/a Patrick R.
Harrison,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
RICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER; JAMES HUNTER MAY; J. CLARKE
NEWTON,
Defendants – Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District
Judge. (4:11-cv-00176-JFA)
Submitted:
October 18, 2011
Decided:
October 21, 2011
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Peter L. Thomas, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
Appeal: 11-6769
Document: 13
Date Filed: 10/21/2011
Page: 2 of 2
PER CURIAM:
Peter
L.
Thomas
appeals
the
district
court’s
order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying
relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) 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 April 29, 2011.
The notice of appeal was filed, at the
earliest, on June 10, 2011.
Because Thomas failed to file a
timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening
of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal.
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
and
materials
legal
before
We dispense with
contentions
the
court
are
and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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