Dora Staley v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Headquarters in Columbia, S.C.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-2027
DORA STALEY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Headquarters in Columbia, S.C.,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:19-cv-02962-MGL)
Submitted: December 22, 2020 Decided: December 28, 2020
Before NIEMEYER, FLOYD, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dora Staley, Appellant Pro Se. William Hammond Jordan, OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Dora Staley seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the magistrate
judge’s recommendation and dismissing Staley’s case with prejudice for failure to
prosecute. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was
not timely filed.
When the United States or its officer or agency is a party in a civil case, the notice
of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after the entry of the district court’s final
judgment or order, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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 entered its order on June 22, 2020. Staley filed the notice of appeal
on September 22, 2020. Because Staley 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

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