Lokesh Vuyyuru v. Wells Fargo Bank National Assn

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:15-cv-00598-HEH. Copies to all parties and the district court. [1000043376]. Mailed to: Lokesh Vuyyuru. [16-2102]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-2102

LOKESH BABU VUYYURU,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Option
One, Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-4, Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-4; OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:15-cv-00598-HEH)

Submitted:

March 14, 2017

Before FLOYD and
Circuit Judge.

HARRIS,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

March 16, 2017

DAVIS,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lokesh Babu Vuyyuru, Appellant Pro Se.
Andrew Brian Pittman,
TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Lokesh Babu Vuyyuru seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying reconsideration of its previous order dismissing
Vuyyuru’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
August 22, 2016.
22,

2016,

one

The notice of appeal was filed on September

day

after

the

30-day

appeal

period

expired.

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

an

extension

dismiss the appeal.
facts

and

materials

legal
before

or

reopening

of

the

appeal

period,

we

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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