Rebecca Murray v. J. Locke, No. 08-1895 (4th Cir. 2008)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1895 REBECCA MURRAY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. J. LA RON LOCKE, State Medical Examiner, Defendant Appellee, and MILTON TELLINGTON & AGENCY; TRI STATE FUNERAL SERVICE; UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants, v. RAJAC AYASH, M.D., Movant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, District Judge. (1:08-cv-00353-JFM) Submitted: December 16, 2008 Decided: December 19, 2008 Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Rebecca Murray, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Frederick Ryland, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Rebecca Murray seeks to appeal the district court s order dismissing statute of her wrongful limitations. We death action dismiss the as barred appeal for by the 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). is mandatory and jurisdictional. Corr., 434 U.S. 257, 264 This appeal period Browder v. Dir., Dep t of (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)). The district court s order was entered on the docket on July 3, 2008. 2008. The notice of appeal was filed on August 8, Because Murray failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. facts and materials legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately the and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 3

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