Robert S. Willis v. Downtown Used Auto Parts

57 F.3d 1068, 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 21870, 1995 WL 365005

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: June 19, 1995
• Docket: 95-1014
• Status: Published

Opinion

57 F.3d 1068
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Robert S. WILLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DOWNTOWN USED AUTO PARTS, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 95-1014.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted May 18, 1995.
Decided June 19, 1995.

Robert S. Willis, Appellant Pro Se.

E.D.Va.

DISMISSED.

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