Connie Howell v. Kelly Services, Inc , 627 F. App'x 229 ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-1744
CONNIE HOWELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
KELLY SERVICES, INC.; IBM,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
MONICA MURRAY; DAVID DUNCAN; BEN KOTEY; JONATHAN OKAI,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District
Judge. (1:12-cv-00821-LO-TCB)
Submitted: December 18, 2015 Decided: December 23, 2015
Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Connie Howell, Appellant Pro Se. Yoora Pak, WILSON ELSER
MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, McLean, Virginia; Matthew
Frederick Nieman, JACKSON LEWIS PC, Reston, Virginia, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Connie Howell seeks to appeal the district court’s order
granting the Defendants’ motions to enforce a settlement
agreement. 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, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007).
The district court’s order was entered on the docket on
May 1, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed on June 30, 2015.
Because Howell failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to
obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we
dismiss the appeal. We deny the motion for appointment of
counsel and 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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