Donovan Jerome Scott, Sr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Richard Singleton, Defendant-appellee, 900 F.2d 255 (4th Cir. 1990)
Annotate this CaseAppeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Alexander Harvey, II, Chief District Judge. (C/A No. 89-2985-H)
Donovan Jerome Scott, Sr., appellant pro se.
D. Md.
DISMISSED.
Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Donovan Jerome Scott, Sr., a state prisoner, submitted his notice of appeal to prison authorities outside the 30-day period established by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a) (1).* It was therefore untimely. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988). In addition, he failed to move for an extension of the appeal period within the additional 30-day period provided by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a) (5).
The time periods established by Fed.R.App. 4 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)). Appellant's failure to note a timely appeal or obtain an extension of the appeal period deprives this Court of jurisdiction to consider this case. We therefore 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
For the purposes of this appeal, we assume that the date appellant placed on the notice of appeal is the earliest date he would have submitted it to prison authorities
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