Delvin Stafford v. Sergeant Stout ( 2024 )


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  • USCA4 Appeal: 24-6766      Doc: 14         Filed: 11/22/2024    Pg: 1 of 2
    UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 24-6766
    DELVIN STAFFORD,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    v.
    SERGEANT STOUT; CAPTAIN ROGERS; OFFICER LAND,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
    Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:20-cv-00731-WO-LPA)
    Submitted: November 19, 2024                                Decided: November 22, 2024
    Before QUATTLEBAUM, RUSHING, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Delvin Stafford, Appellant Pro Se. Kathleen E. Carroll, James Demarest Secor, III,
    GUILFORD COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Greensboro, North Carolina, for
    Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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    PER CURIAM:
    Delvin Stafford seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the
    recommendation of the magistrate judge, granting in part and denying in part as moot
    Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and dismissing his 
    42 U.S.C. § 1983
     civil
    action. 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, 
    551 U.S. 205
    , 214 (2007).
    The district court entered its order on July 24, 2023, and the appeal period expired
    on August 23, 2023. Stafford filed the notice of appeal on December 12, 2023. * Because
    Stafford 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
    *
    For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of
    appeal is the earliest date Stafford could have delivered the notice to prison officials for
    mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 
    487 U.S. 266
    , 276 (1988).
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Document Info

Docket Number: 24-6766

Filed Date: 11/22/2024

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/26/2024