Helen Gerald v. Kenneth Davi

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 4:15-cv-01149-CMC Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999650474]. Mailed to: Gerald. [15-1632, 15-1636]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1632

HELEN GERALD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
KENNETH DAVIS,
Defendant - Appellee.

No. 15-1636

HELEN FAYE GERALD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MULLINS POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District
of South Carolina, at Florence. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior
District Judge. (4:15-cv-01149-CMC; 4:15-cv-00288-CMC)

Submitted:

August 27, 2015

Decided:

Before GREGORY, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

August 31, 2015

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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Helen Gerald, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Helen Gerald seeks to appeal
the district court’s judgments dismissing her complaints.

We

dismiss the appeals for lack of jurisdiction because the notices
of appeal were not timely filed.
Parties

are

accorded

30

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).

In No. 15-1632, the district court’s judgment was entered
on the docket on May 5, 2015.

In No. 15-1636, the district

court’s judgment was entered on the docket on March 31, 2015.
The notices of appeal were filed on June 10, 2015.

Because

Gerald failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an
extension or reopening of the appeal period in either case, we
dismiss the appeals.
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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