UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-7090
JOSEPH BOWLER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
S.K. YOUNG, Warden; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
LINGERFELT; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FLEENOR,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 03-7102
JOSEPH BOWLER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
S.K. YOUNG,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 03-7111
JOSEPH BOWLER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
I. HAMILTON,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 03-7113
JOSEPH BOWLER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
S.K. YOUNG; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER HAMILTON;
LIEUTENANT COMPTON; LIEUTENANT JONES;
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER BLILEY; CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER LINGERFELT; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
MCCRAY; SERGEANT YOUNCE; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
FLEENOR; SERGEANT COLLINS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, Senior District
Judge. (CA-03-231-7, CA-02-1227-7, CA-03-10-7, CA-03-148)
Submitted: September 30, 2003 Decided: October 8, 2003
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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Joseph Bowler, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Joseph Bowler seeks to appeal the district court’s orders
denying his motions to reinstate four previously dismissed actions
filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). We dismiss the appeal
for lack of jurisdiction because the notices of appeal were not
timely filed.
Parties are accorded thirty days after the entry of the
district court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal, Fed. R.
App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), 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 appeal period is “mandatory
and jurisdictional.” Browder v. Director, Dep’t of Corr., 434 U.S.
257, 264 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220,
229 (1960)).
The district court’s orders denying reinstatement were entered
on the docket on June 11, 2003. The notices of appeal were
postmarked July 14, 2003, and filed on July 15, 2003. See Fed. R.
App. P. 4(c). Because Bowler failed to file timely notices of
appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period,
we dismiss the appeals. We deny Bowler’s motion for appointment of
counsel and 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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