Keith Johnson v. St. Mary's Correctional Center

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999317822-2] Originating case number: 5:13-cv-00056-FPS-JES Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999367849]. Mailed to: Keith Johnson. [14-6340]

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Appeal: 14-6340 Doc: 8 Filed: 06/03/2014 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-6340 KEITH WESLEY JOHNSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ST. MARY'S CORRECTIONAL CENTER; ADMIN. SERV. ASST. KAREN TOWNSEND; WEXFORD HEALTH, INC.; LINDA PERKINS; WILLIAM FOX; SHAWN STRAUGHN; UNIT MANAGER JACK STOLLINGS; MELINDA SIGLER, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:13-cv-00056-FPS-JES) Submitted: May 29, 2014 Decided: June 3, 2014 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Keith Wesley Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. Appeal: 14-6340 Doc: 8 Filed: 06/03/2014 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Keith court’s judge order and Wesley accepting denying complaint. We Johnson the relief dismiss the seeks to appeal recommendation on his appeal of 42 lack the U.S.C. for the district magistrate § 1983 of (2006) 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 January 23, 2014. 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on March 4, Because Johnson 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 contentions with are oral argument adequately because presented in the facts and the materials legal before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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