Ronnie Clearace Headen v. Alton Baskerville Janet Bain , 983 F.2d 1056 ( 1992 )


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  • 983 F.2d 1056

    NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
    Ronnie Clearace HEADEN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
    v.
    Alton BASKERVILLE; Janet Bain, Defendants-Appellees.

    No. 92-7098.

    United States Court of Appeals,
    Fourth Circuit.

    Submitted: November 30, 1992
    Decided: December 29, 1992

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca B. Smith, District Judge. (CA-92-144-N)

    Ronnie Clearace Headen, Appellant Pro Se.

    E.D.Va.

    Dismissed.

    Before WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

    PER CURIAM:

    OPINION

    1

    Ronnie Clearace Headen noted this appeal outside the thirty-day appeal period established by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1), and failed to move for an extension of the appeal period within the additional thirty-day period provided by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5). 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 leave to proceed in forma pauperis 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.

    DISMISSED

Document Info

Docket Number: 92-7098

Citation Numbers: 983 F.2d 1056, 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 37155

Filed Date: 12/29/1992

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021