April Taylor v. City of Colonial Heights

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-1477
APRIL TAYLOR,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Richmond. Robert E. Payne, Senior District Judge. (3:18-cv-00254-REP)
Submitted: August 20, 2019 Decided: August 22, 2019
Before FLOYD and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
April Taylor, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Christopher Litman, HARMAN CLAYTOR
CORRIGAN & WELLMAN, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
April Taylor seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting Defendant’s motion
to dismiss Taylor’s civil complaint. 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 July 27, 2018. The notice of
appeal was filed on April 18, 2019.∗ Because Taylor failed to file a timely notice of appeal
or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny leave to proceed in
forma pauperis and 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
∗ Taylor filed an earlier notice of appeal on January 30, 2019, with the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Even considered filed on that date, her notice of
appeal still would be untimely.

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