UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6983
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
NATHANIEL WATKINS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief
District Judge. (CR-90-260)
Submitted: October 24, 2002 Decided: November 14, 2002
Before WILLIAMS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Nathaniel Watkins, Appellant Pro Se. Michael R. Smythers, Assistant
United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Nathaniel Watkins appeals from the criminal judgment entered
on January 11, 1991. We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction.
In criminal cases, the defendant is accorded ten days after
entry of the district court’s final judgment or order to note an
appeal, see Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A), unless the district court
extends the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4). This
appeal period is “mandatory and jurisdictional.” United States v.
Raynor, 939 F.2d 191, 196 (4th Cir. 1991). The district court’s
final judgment was entered on the docket on January 11, 1991.
Watkins’ notice of appeal was filed on June 12, 2002. Because
Watkins failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an
extension 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 the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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