Connie Howell v. Kelly Services, Inc

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999637413-3] Originating case number: 1:12-cv-00821-LO-TCB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999724204]. Mailed to: Connie Howell. [15-1744]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1744

CONNIE HOWELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
KELLY SERVICES, INC.; IBM,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
MONICA MURRAY; DAVID DUNCAN; BEN KOTEY; JONATHAN OKAI,
Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Liam O’Grady, District
Judge. (1:12-cv-00821-LO-TCB)

Submitted:

December 18, 2015

Decided:

December 23, 2015

Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Connie Howell, Appellant Pro Se.
Yoora Pak, WILSON ELSER
MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, McLean, Virginia; Matthew
Frederick Nieman, JACKSON LEWIS PC, Reston, Virginia, for
Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Connie Howell seeks to appeal the district court’s order
granting

the

agreement.

Defendants’
We

dismiss

motions

the

to

appeal

enforce

for

lack

a

of

settlement
jurisdiction

because the notice of appeal was 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).

The district court’s order was entered on the docket on
May 1, 2015.

The notice of appeal was filed on June 30, 2015.

Because Howell failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to
obtain

an

dismiss

the

extension

or

appeal.

reopening

We

deny

the

of

the

motion

appeal
for

period,

we

appointment

of

counsel and dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal
before

contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
DISMISSED

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