UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-2294
THERESA FORD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
RIDGEDEN SUCCESS, INCORPORATED,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
DENNY’S, INCORPORATED; SUCCESS EMPLOYEE GROUP,
INCORPORATED,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Beaufort. Patrick Michael Duffy, District
Judge. (CA-04-1968-9)
Submitted: April 20, 2006 Decided: April 24, 2006
Before MICHAEL, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Theresa Ford, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Yager Jenkins, Stephanie E.
Lewis, NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Charleston, South
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Theresa Ford seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying her claims of employment discrimination and wrongful
termination. We grant the Appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal
for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was 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 order was entered on the docket on
August 31, 2005. The notice of appeal was filed on October 25,
2005. Because Ford failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to
obtain an extension or reopening 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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