Jackie Burrell v. Parexel International, LLC

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-2510
JACKIE BURRELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL, LLC,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, Senior District
Judge. (1:12-cv-01326-WMN)
Submitted: February 21, 2013 Decided: February 25, 2013
Before AGEE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jackie Burrell, Appellant Pro Se. Eric S. Mueller, SEMMES,
BOWEN & SEMMES, Baltimore, Maryland; Eileen Carr Riley, Larry
Robert Seegull, JACKSON LEWIS, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jackie Burrell seeks to appeal the district court’s
order granting Defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion and
dismissing her civil action for failure to state a claim upon
which relief may be granted. 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 October 4, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed on
December 10, 2012. Because Burrell 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

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