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393 F. App'x 113

Moody v. Eagleton

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided August 30, 2010

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2010-08-30

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Houston v. Lack · Bowles v. Russell

Decided 2010-08-30

¶1 Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

¶2 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

¶3 James P. Moody, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing Moody’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) civil rights action. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.

¶4 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, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).

¶5 The district court’s order was entered on the docket on April 13, 2010. The notice of appeal was filed on May 25, 2010. * Because Moody 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

¶6 DISMISSED.

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¶7 For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988).

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