Opinion
No. 13-6432
07-24-2013
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. LORRAINE BLACKWELL LEWIS, Defendant - Appellant.
Lorraine Blackwell Lewis, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder, District Judge. (1:12-cr-00316-TDS-1) Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Lorraine Blackwell Lewis, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Lorraine Blackwell Lewis seeks to appeal the district court's order denying her self-styled "Writ of Habeus [sic] Corpus for Evidenciary [sic] Hearing" for lack of jurisdiction. 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 November 1, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed on March 19, 2013. Because Lewis 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