U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1987

David Williams v. Runia Bailey

David Williams v. Runia Bailey
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided July 7, 1987
823 F.2d 549; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 8731; 1987 WL 37979 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

David Williams v. Runia Bailey

Opinion

823 F.2d 549
Unpublished Disposition

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
David WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Runia BAILEY, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 86-7737

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted May 27, 1987.
Decided July 7, 1987.

David Williams, appellant pro se.

Michael A. Likavec, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, for appellee.

Before WIDENER and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

1

David Williams, a Virginia inmate, seeks to appeal from the order of the district court entering judgment for the defendant in his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action. Williams filed an untimely notice of appeal, and he made no motion requesting an extension. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5). This Court has no authority to construe Williams's bare notice of appeal as a motion for an extension of the time to appeal. See Shah v. Hutto, 722 F.2d 1167, 1168 (4th Cir. 1983) (en banc), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 975 (1984). Thus, this Court has no jurisdiction to consider Williams's appeal. Because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritatively, we dispense with oral argument and dismiss the appeal.

2

DISMISSED.

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