Opinion
No. 14-2290
03-19-2015
FRED A. HOPKINS, Plaintiff - Appellant, and DEBORAH HOPKINS, Plaintiff, v. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, Defendant - Appellee.
Fred A. Hopkins, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District Judge. (1:14-cv-02786-WDQ) Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Fred A. Hopkins, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Fred A. Hopkins seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his civil complaint for failure to state a claim. 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 September 15, 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on November 24, 2014. Because Hopkins 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