Jeffrey Pennington v. Kershaw County, No. 12-2442 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-2442 JEFFREY PENNINGTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. KERSHAW COUNTY, South Carolina; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; KESHAW COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA DETENTION CENTER; PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; LIEUTENANT MYERS; DARRELL DRAKEFORD; JOHN DOES, 1-10; JACKSON; LAWSON; MCLEOD; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ALSTON; R. EUGENE HARTIS, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (3:12-cv-01509-JFA-SVH) Submitted: March 26, 2013 Decided: March 28, 2013 Before DUNCAN, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Jeffrey Pennington, Appellant Pro Se. H. Thomas Morgan, Jr., John Kennedy DuBose, III, Jonathan McLean Robinson, DUBOSEROBINSON, P.C., Camden, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Jeffrey Pennington seeks to appeal the district court s order adopting the magistrate judge s recommendation and denying relief on his requests for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunctive relief. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The portion of the district court s order denying a temporary restraining order is neither a final collateral order. order nor an appealable interlocutory or Accordingly, we dismiss this aspect of the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The preliminary district injunction, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). court s denial however, is of a request immediately for a appealable. Nevertheless, we dismiss this portion of 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). 2 [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 June 25, 2012. 19, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed on November Because Pennington 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 this portion of 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 3

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