Virgil R. Smith v. Mike Harper

── Virgil R. Smith v. Mike Harper ── Case No.: 26-10679 Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: March 31, 2026 Category: NEW USCA11 Case: 26-10679 Document: 8-1 Date Filed: 03/31/2026 Page: 1 of 2 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 26-10679 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ VIRGIL R. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MIKE HARPER, LEE MACON, SHERIFF OF ELMORE COUNTY, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama D.C. Docket No. 2:25-cv-00129-ECM-KFP ____________________ USCA11 Case: 26-10679 Document: 8-1 Date Filed: 03/31/2026 Page: 2 of 2 2 Opinion of the Court 26-10679 Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic- tion. The 30-day statutory time limit required Virgil Smith, a pro se litigant, to file a notice of appeal from the district court’s Novem- ber 19, 2025 final order and judgment on or before December 19, 2025. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). However, Smith did not file his notice of appeal until March 4, 2026. Accord- ingly, the notice of appeal is untimely and cannot invoke our ap- pellate jurisdiction. See Green v. Drug Enf’t Admin., 606 F.3d 1296, 1300 (11th Cir. 2010).