Shirley J. Lloyd v. South Carolina State College John Simpson

60 F.3d 823, 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 24849, 1995 WL 404953

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: July 10, 1995
• Docket: 95-1299
• Status: Published

Opinion

60 F.3d 823
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Shirley J. LLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE; John Simpson, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 95-1299.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted June 22, 1995.
Decided July 10, 1995.

Shirley J. Lloyd, Appellant Pro Se. Leigh Mullikin Nason, Georgia Anna Rashley, HAYNSWORTH, BALDWIN, JOHNSON & GREAVES, P.A., Columbia, SC, for Appellees.

D.S.C.

DISMISSED.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

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