Janot Jassie v. Keith Mariner

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999947521-2] Originating case number: 8:15-cv-01682-DKC Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999972068]. Mailed to: Jassie. [16-2006]

Appeal: 16-2006

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-2006

JANOT JASSIE,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
KEITH MARINER,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Deborah K. Chasanow, Senior District
Judge. (8:15-cv-01682-DKC)

Submitted:

November 17, 2016

Before GREGORY,
Judges.

Chief

Judge,

Decided:

and

MOTZ

and

November 21, 2016

TRAXLER,

Circuit

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Janot Jassie, Appellant Pro Se. Teresa D. Teare, Parker Engle
Thoeni, SHAWE & ROSENTHAL, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Janot Jassie seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion for leave to amend his amended complaint,
which Jassie filed after the district court granted Appellee’s
motion to dismiss Jassie’s amended complaint.

We dismiss the

appeal for lack of 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
June 10, 2016.
2016.

The notice of appeal was filed on September 2,

Because Jassie 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
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