Leamon Todd v. Lindsey Graham

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:15-cv-00283-MBS Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999650387]. Mailed to: Leamon Todd. [15-1707]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1707

LEAMON BRADLEY TODD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM; VENUS ENTERPRISES; CHERI MAGAZINE,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia.
Margaret B. Seymour, Senior
District Judge. (3:15-cv-00283-MBS)

Submitted:

August 27, 2015

Decided:

August 31, 2015

Before GREGORY, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Leamon Bradley Todd, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Leamon Bradley Todd seeks to appeal the district court’s
order

adopting

the

magistrate

dismissing Todd’s civil action.
of

jurisdiction

because

the

judge’s

recommendation

and

We dismiss the appeal for lack

notice

of

appeal

was

not

timely

filed.
When the United States or its officer or agency is a party,
the notice of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after
the entry of the district court’s final judgment or order, Fed.
R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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
March 23, 2015.

The notice of appeal was filed on June 17,

2015. Because Todd 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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