USCA4 Appeal: 24-2005 Doc: 21 Filed: 01/27/2025 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-2005

FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

HANNAH L. SECKA,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Joseph Dawson, III, District Judge. (4:21-cv-03746-JD)

Submitted: January 23, 2025 Decided: January 27, 2025

Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Hannah L. Secka, Appellant Pro Se. Susan Marie Fittipaldi, Vernie L. Williams, HALLIGAN MAHONEY & WILLIAMS, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Hannah L. Secka seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her Fed. R.

Civ. P. 60(b) motion to vacate the judgement entered on the parties’ settlement agreement.

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 12, 2024, and the appeal period expired

on August 12, 2024. Secka filed the notice of appeal on September 19, 2024, after the

appeal period had expired. Because Secka 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

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