Opinion
No. 17-1920
10-19-2017
GURLEY E. GLENN, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. METECH RECYCLING, INC.; MIKE MCMORROW, Chief Financial Officer; ANDREW MCMANUS, Chief Executive Officer, Creedmoor, N. C. Facility, Defendants - Appellees.
Gurley E. Glenn, Appellant Pro Se. Patricia Lee Holland, JACKSON LEWIS PC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:16-cv-00697-FL) Before FLOYD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Gurley E. Glenn, Appellant Pro Se. Patricia Lee Holland, JACKSON LEWIS PC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Gurley E. Glenn seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as moot the two postjudgment motions he filed after the district court dismissed his employment discrimination action. 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 June 22, 2017. The notice of appeal was filed on July 31, 2017. Because Glenn failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny 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