USCA4 Appeal: 24-1504 Doc: 16 Filed: 01/27/2025 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1504

FAYE BEATRICE HAYES,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION; HOLLY ARNOLD, Administrator, MDOT MTA; VERONICA LOWE, Deputy Director, Office of Labor and Employee Relations,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, Senior District Judge. (1:22-cv-03023-RDB)

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

Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Faye Beatrice Hayes, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Faye Beatrice Hayes seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing, for lack

of subject matter jurisdiction, Hayes’ intentional infliction of emotional distress claims

against Defendants. 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 the appealed-from order on December 8, 2022, and the

appeal period expired on January 9, 2023. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). Hayes filed the

notice of appeal on May 23, 2024. Because Hayes 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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