Filed: Aug. 02, 2016
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6755 CHRISTOPHER HICKSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. OFFICER JOHN STEWART, individually and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; OFFICER SANDY THOMPSON, individually and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; OFFICER KEVIN COOK, individually and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; CHIEF OF POLICE BILLY BROWN, individually and his official capacity as the former and/or p
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6755 CHRISTOPHER HICKSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. OFFICER JOHN STEWART, individually and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; OFFICER SANDY THOMPSON, individually and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; OFFICER KEVIN COOK, individually and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; CHIEF OF POLICE BILLY BROWN, individually and his official capacity as the former and/or pr..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6755
CHRISTOPHER HICKSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
OFFICER JOHN STEWART, individually and in his official
capacity as a Lake City Police Officer; OFFICER SANDY
THOMPSON, individually and in his official capacity as a
Lake City Police Officer; OFFICER KEVIN COOK, individually
and in his official capacity as a Lake City Police Officer;
CHIEF OF POLICE BILLY BROWN, individually and his official
capacity as the former and/or present Chief of Police of the
Lake City Police Department; CHIEF OF POLICE JODY COOPER,
individually and her official capacity as the former and/or
present Chief of Police of the Lake City Police Department;
THE CITY OF LAKE CITY,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
THE LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; ABC INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior
District Judge. (4:15-cv-02433-CMC)
Submitted: July 28, 2016 Decided: August 2, 2016
Before MOTZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher Hickson, Appellant Pro Se. Walker Heinitsh Willcox,
WILLCOX BUYCK & WILLIAMS, PA, Florence, South Carolina, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Christopher Hickson seeks to appeal the district court’s
order adopting in part the recommendation of the magistrate
judge, granting summary judgment to Appellees, and dismissing
his civil action. We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction 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 was entered on the docket on
April 26, 2016. The notice of appeal was filed on June 2, 2016.
Because Hickson 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 this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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