Sandra Johnson v. McNairy & Associate

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:11-cv-01043-TDS-LPA Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998987376]. Mailed to: Sandra Marie Johnson. [12-1861]

Appeal: 12-1861

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-1861

SANDRA MARIE JOHNSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MCNAIRY & ASSOCIATES;
JEANNE MCNAIRY,

JIM

AND

JEANNE

LLC;

JIM

MCNAIRY;

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder,
District Judge. (1:11-cv-01043-TDS-LPA)

Submitted:

November 20, 2012

Before TRAXLER,
Judges.

Chief

Judge,

Decided: November 26, 2012

and

SHEDD

and

FLOYD,

Circuit

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Sandra Marie Johnson, Appellant Pro Se.
Denis E. Jacobson,
Martha Richardson Sacrinty, TUGGLE, DUGGINS & MESCHAN, PA,
Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Sandra
court’s

order

Marie

Johnson

dismissing

her

seeks
civil

to

appeal

action.

the

We

district

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 June 6, 2012.
2012.

The notice of appeal was filed on July 13,

Because Johnson failed to file a timely notice of appeal

or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we
dismiss the appeal.
facts

and

materials

legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the

contentions

are

adequately

this

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.
DISMISSED

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