Gary Miller-El v. Alvin Keller
Filing
UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [998866538-2]. Originating case number: 5:11-hc-02150-BO Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998920657]. Mailed to: Gary Miller-El. [12-6916]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-6916
GARY L. MILLER-EL,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
ALVIN KELLER,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:11-hc-02150-BO)
Submitted:
August 16, 2012
Decided:
August 21, 2012
Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gary Lewis Miller-El, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Gary
court’s
Lewis
order
petition.
Miller-El
dismissing
We
dismiss
seeks
without
the
to
appeal
prejudice
appeal
for
his
lack
of
the
district
habeas
corpus
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 September 19, 2011.
2012. *
Because
The notice of appeal was filed on May 6,
Miller-El
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 and dismiss
the appeal.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts
and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
*
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,
276 (1988).
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argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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