USCA4 Appeal: 22-7037 Doc: 9 Filed: 12/20/2022 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-7037

JOHN WILLIE CARTER, JR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

THE GEO GROUP; JOE JEFFERSON, Facility Manager; WARDEN BRACKON, Warden at Lawrenceville Correctional Center; HAROLD W. CLARKE, Director of Virginia Department of Corrections,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District Judge. (2:22-cv-00178-AWA-DEM)

Submitted: December 15, 2022 Decided: December 20, 2022

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John Willie Carter, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

John Willie Carter, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without

prejudice his

complaint for failure to comply with the court’s prior order.

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 July 13, 2022. Carter filed the notice of appeal

on August 16, 2022. ∗ Because Carter 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

Carter certified that he delivered the notice to prison officials for mailing to the ∗

court on August 16, 2022. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack,

(1988).

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