Arthur Goulette v. AdmÂ’r at Cherry Hospital, No. 17-6330 (4th Cir. 2017)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-6330 ARTHUR JAY GOULETTE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ADMINISTRATOR AT CHERRY HOSPITAL; GEORGE T. SOLOMAN; C/O POWELL; J. LUCKEY WEISH, JR.; DEBORAH L. MCSWAIN, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:16-ct-03002-FL) Submitted: June 22, 2017 Decided: June 27, 2017 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and FLOYD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Dismissed in part, and affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. Arthur Jay Goulette, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Arthur Goulette appeals from the district court’s orders dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) (2012) and denying his postjudgment motions. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Goulette’s appeal of the order dismissing his § 1983 action because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. Parties are accorded 30 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 dismissing the § 1983 action was entered on the docket on August 4, 2016. The notice of appeal was filed on March 7, 2017. * Goulette’s post-judgment motions had no impact on the time allotted to file the notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(A). Because Goulette’s notice of appeal was not timely as to the August 4, 2016, order and judgment, we dismiss the appeal of this order. The notice of appeal is timely, however, for the March 2, 2017, order denying Goulette’s post-judgment motions. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Goulette v. Adm’r at Cherry Hosp., No. 5:16-ct-03002-FL (E.D.N.C. Mar. 2, 2017). * We deny 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). 2 Goulette’s motion to appoint counsel and 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 IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART 3
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