Lijo Panghat, M.d. v. Department of Veterans Affairs; University of Maryland at Baltimore

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1772
LIJO PANGHAT, M.D.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT
BALTIMORE,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Ellen Lipton Hollander, Senior District Judge. (1:19-cv-00994-ELH)
Submitted: January 17, 2023 Decided: January 19, 2023
Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lijo Panghat, Appellant Pro Se. Catherine Anne Bledsoe, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Lijo Panghat seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his Fed. R. Civ. P.
60(b) motion. 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 July 9, 2021. Panghat filed the notice of appeal
on July 18, 2022. Because Panghat 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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