TAYLOR v. IRVING (2019)

April Taylor seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing with prejudice her civil complaint for failure to comply with a court order. 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, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).

The district court's final order was entered on the docket on September 26, 2018. The notice of appeal was filed, at the earliest, on May 17, 2019.^* Because Taylor failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE.   The notice of appeal was received by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 17, 2019, and thereafter forwarded to the appropriate district court. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(d) (providing notice of appeal mistakenly filed in court of appeals is considered filed in district court on date so noted).

PER CURIAM:

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.