USCA4 Appeal: 22-6550 Doc: 10 Filed: 11/29/2022 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-6550

JOHNNY MACK COOK,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

JUDGE DOUGLAS SASSER,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:21-hc-02057-D)

Submitted: November 22, 2022 Decided: November 29, 2022

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

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Johnny Mack Cook, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Johnny Mack Cook seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying Cook’s

application to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissing without prejudice his

petition. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal

was not timely filed.

In civil cases, parties have 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 entered its order on August 4, 2021. Cook filed the notice of

appeal on May 3, 2022. * Because Cook 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

* For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date Cook could have delivered the notice to prison officials for mailing to the district court. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack,

(1988).

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