UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7102
WILLIAM ALLEN LEGG,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
ARCHIE C. GEE, Warden; DOCTOR TOMASINO, EMSA
Staff; DOCTOR GRAIG, EMSA Staff; NURSE
CAMPFIELD; NURSE GRAY; PSA ASSOCIATE KRAFT;
PSA ASSOCIATE PLAFSSON; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
DICKUS, Patuxent,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge. (CA-
98-990-DKC)
Submitted: February 11, 1999 Decided: February 23, 1999
Before ERVIN, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
William Allen Legg 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 exceptions 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 15, 1998; Legg'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 ap-
peal or obtain an extension of the appeal period leaves this court
without jurisdiction to consider the merits of Appellant's appeal.
We therefore dismiss the appeal. We deny Legg’s motion for ap-
pointment of counsel. We 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.
DISMISSED
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