James Curtis Blakney v. J.K. Rhodes, J.E. Thornton, Dr. Lee
James Curtis Blakney v. J.K. Rhodes, J.E. Thornton, Dr. Lee
Opinion
944 F.2d 900
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
James Curtis BLAKNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
J.K. RHODES, J.E. Thornton, Dr. Lee, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 91-6093.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted July 16, 1991
.
Decided Sept. 19, 1991.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Franklin T. Dupree, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-91-241)
James Curtis Blakney, appellant pro se.
E.D.N.C.
DISMISSED.
Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
James Curtis Blakney noted this appeal outside the 30-day appeal period established by Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1), and failed to move for an extension of the appeal period within the additional 30-day period provided by Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5). The time periods established by Fed.R.App.P. 4 are "mandatory and jurisdictional." Browder v. Director, Dep't of Corrections, 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)). Appellant's failure to note a timely appeal or obtain an extension of the appeal period deprives this Court of jurisdiction to consider this case. We therefore dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.
Reference
- Status
- Unpublished