UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-7092
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
ISAAC PERRY, a/k/a Ike,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, District Judge.
(CR-93-42-F)
Submitted: November 18, 1999 Decided: November 24, 1999
Before WILKINS, HAMILTON, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Isaac Perry, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Edward Skiver, Assistant
United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Isaac Perry appeals the district court's orders denying his
motion for a writ of error coram nobis and his motion to recon-
sider. We dismiss the appeal from the order denying the motion for
a writ of error coram nobis for lack of jurisdiction and affirm the
order denying the motion to reconsider.
In civil actions in which the United States or an officer or
agency thereof is a party, all parties are accorded sixty days
after the entry of the district court's final judgment or order to
note an appeal, see Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1), 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). This ap-
peal period is "mandatory and jurisdictional." Browder v. Direc-
tor, Dep't of Corrections, 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting United
States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)).
The district court's order denying the motion for a writ of
error coram nobis was entered on the docket on May 7, 1999.*
Perry's notice of appeal was filed on August 3, 1999. Because
Perry failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an ex-
*
Although the district court’s order denying the motion for
a writ of error coram nobis is marked as “filed” on May 3, 1999,
the district court’s records show that the order was entered on the
docket sheet on May 7, 1999. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 and
79(a), we consider the date the order was entered as the effective
date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 806
F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
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tension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss this portion
of the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
With regard to Perry's appeal of the district court's order
denying his motion to reconsider, we have reviewed the record and
the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accord-
ingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See
United States v. Perry, No. CR-93-42-F (E.D.N.C. July 19, 1999).
We deny Perry’s motion for an enlargement of time to file an
informal reply brief and dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED IN PART AND DISMISSED IN PART
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