Kelvin J. Miles v. State of Maryland , 43 F.3d 1467 ( 1994 )

43 F.3d 1467

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Kelvin J. MILES, Petitioner Appellant,
v.
STATE of Maryland, Respondent Appellee.

No. 94-7019.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted Nov. 17, 1994.
Decided Dec. 19, 1994.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. James R. Miller, Jr., District Judge. (CA-83-3298-M).

Kelvin J. Miles, appellant Pro Se.

John Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD, for appellee.

D.Md.

DISMISSED.

Before RUSSELL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

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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 deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and 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.

2

DISMISSED.