Kenneth Sanders v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance ( 2014 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-2093
KENNETH SANDERS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District
Judge. (8:11-cv-02153-AW)
Submitted: January 21, 2014 Decided: January 23, 2014
Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kenneth Sanders, Appellant Pro Se. Brian Patrick Downey,
Kathleen Ann Mullen, PEPPER HAMILTON, LLP, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Kenneth Sanders seeks to appeal the district court’s
order in his civil action granting Defendant’s motion for
summary judgment in part and closing the case. We dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was
not timely filed.
Parties are accorded thirty 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 July 30, 2013. The notice of appeal was filed on August 30,
2013. Because Sanders failed to file a timely notice of appeal
or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we
deny Sanders leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 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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