Kenneth Sanders v. Hartford Life & Accident In

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999186904-2]; denying ifp application [999186904-3] Originating case number: 8:11-cv-02153-AW Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999282230].. [13-2093]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-2093

KENNETH SANDERS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Alexander Williams, Jr., District
Judge. (8:11-cv-02153-AW)

Submitted:

January 21, 2014

Decided: January 23, 2014

Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth Sanders, Appellant Pro
Kathleen
Ann
Mullen,
PEPPER
Pennsylvania, for Appellees.

Se.
Brian Patrick Downey,
HAMILTON,
LLP,
Harrisburg,

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Kenneth Sanders seeks to appeal the district court’s
order

in

his

civil

action

granting

Defendant’s

summary judgment in part and closing the case.

motion

for

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 July 30, 2013.
2013.

The notice of appeal was filed on August

30,

Because Sanders failed to file a timely notice of appeal

or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we
deny Sanders leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the
appeal.
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
DISMISSED

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