UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7098
WILLIAM ALLEN LEGG,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
ARCHIE C. GEE, Warden; DOCTOR TOMASINO; DOCTOR
GRAIG; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER DICKUS; NURSE
CAMPFIELD; NURSE GRAY; THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge. (CA-
98-895-DKC)
Submitted: December 17, 1998 Decided: January 6, 1999
Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Allen Legg, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant filed an untimely notice of appeal. We dismiss for
lack of jurisdiction. The time periods for filing notices of appeal
are governed by Fed. R. App. P. 4. These periods 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)). Parties to civil actions have thirty days within
which to file in the district court notices of appeal from
judgments or final orders. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1). The only excep-
tions to the appeal period are when the district court extends the
time to appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5) or reopens the appeal
period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6).
The district court entered its order on April 3, 1998;
Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed on July 23, 1998, which is
beyond the thirty-day appeal period. Appellant’s failure to note a
timely appeal or obtain an extension of the appeal period leaves
this court without jurisdiction to consider the merits of Appel-
lant’s appeal. We therefore dismiss the appeal. We dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-
ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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