Thomas Allen Stormer v. Va Beach Correctional Center Medical Dept

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-6644
THOMAS ALLEN STORMER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
VA BEACH CORRECTIONAL CENTER MEDICAL DEPT; ABDUL JAMALUDEEN,
Doctor, Virginia Beach Correctional Center; CATHERINE
CARTWRIGHT, LLS/LLS, Virginia Beach Correctional Center,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr.,
District Judge. (3:12-cv-00119-JAG)
Submitted: October 21, 2014 Decided: October 23, 2014
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas Allen Stormer, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Thomas Allen Stormer seeks to appeal the district
court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) 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 March 7, 2014. The notice of appeal was filed on April 21,
2014.* Because Stormer 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
* For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date
appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could
have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to
the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266
(1988).

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materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED

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