Paquette v. McGhee

59 F.3d 167, 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 23471, 1995 WL 376182

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: June 26, 1995
• Docket: 95-6370
• Status: Published

Opinion

59 F.3d 167
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Bruce J. PAQUETTE, Plaintiff--Appellant,
v.
Seward M. McGHEE, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Hanover
County; Steven Rosenthal; Donald A. Denton, Attorney at
Law; James C. Dimitris, Dr., Physician, Central State
Hospital; Henry O. Gwaltney, Jr., Dr., Psychologist,
Central State Hospital; Robert Q. Harris, Assistant State
Attorney General, Defendants--Appellees.

No. 95-6370.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: May 18, 1995.
Decided: June 26, 1995.

Bruce J. Paquette, Appellant Pro Se.

Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant noted this appeal outside the thirty-day appeal period established by Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1), failed to obtain an extension of the appeal period within the additional thirty-day period provided by Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(5), and is not entitled to relief under Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(6). The time periods established by Fed. R.App. P. 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.