Steven Craig Fulghum v. Wise Seats, Inc.; Mr. Mike Yon; Mr. Jimmy Freudenberg

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1613
STEVEN CRAIG FULGHUM,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
WISE SEATS, INC.; MR. MIKE YON; MR. JIMMY FREUDENBERG,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. J. Michelle Childs, District
Judge. (4:10-cv-02112-JMC)
Submitted: August 22, 2012 Decided: August 24, 2012
Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Steven Craig Fulghum, Appellant Pro Se. Michael D. Carrouth,
George Alfred Reeves, III, FISHER & PHILLIPS, LLP, Columbia,
South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Steven Craig Fulghum seeks to appeal the district
court’s order adopting the recommendation of the magistrate
judge and granting summary judgment to the defendants. 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 March 27, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed on May 7,
2012. Because Fulghum 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.
DISMISSED

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