John Anthony Michael Williams v. Director of the Spartanburg County Detention Center

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-6798
JOHN ANTHONY MICHAEL WILLIAMS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
DIRECTOR OF THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY DETENTION CENTER,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort.
Donald C. Coggins, Jr., District Judge. (9:22-cv-04142-DCC)
Submitted: April 28, 2026 Decided: May 1, 2026
Before WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Anthony Michael Williams, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
John Anthony Michael Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting
the magistrate judge’s recommendation and dismissing Williams’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241
petition. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In a civil case, the notice of appeal
must be filed no more than 30 days after the entry of the district court’s final judgment or
order, 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 entered its order on June 5, 2023, and the appeal period expired
on July 5, 2023. Williams filed the notice of appeal on September 8, 2025.∗ Because
Williams 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
∗ For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of
appeal is the earliest date Williams could have delivered the notice to jail officials for
mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988).

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