Opinion
No. 15-2258
04-25-2016
BETTE J.T. JONES, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant - Appellee.
Bette J.T. Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth Andrew Sack, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
UNPUBLISHED Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:15-cv-00170-GCM) Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Bette J.T. Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth Andrew Sack, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Bette J.T. Jones seeks to appeal the district court's orders remanding her civil action to state court for further proceedings and denying her motions for reconsideration and for leave to file out of time. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notices of appeal were 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 final order denying reconsideration was entered on the docket on September 10, 2015. The notices of appeal were filed on October 15, 2015. Because Jones 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 Jones' motion to supplement the record. 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