UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 18-7305

UMADINE HATCH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DR. WILSON, NC Correctional Institution for Women; KENNETH PRICE, M.D.; UNC HOSPITALS,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

DR. BUCKMIRE, Ear, Nose & Throat - UNC Medical Center,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief District Judge. (5:17-ct-03030-BO)

Submitted: December 20, 2018 Decided: December 27, 2018

Before DIAZ and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Umadine Hatch, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Pharr McCullough, Madeleine Michelle Pfefferle, YOUNG MOORE & HENDERSON, PA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee Stephen M. Wilson.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

2 PER CURIAM:

Umadine Hatch seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting summary

judgment and dismissing, for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, Hatch’s claims

of deliberate indifference to her medical needs when she was a North Carolina prisoner.

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,

(2007).

The district court’s order was entered on the docket on September 12, 2018. The

notice of appeal was filed on October 18, 2018. * Because Hatch 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 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

* For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack,

(1988).

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