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Joseph BOWLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.K. YOUNG, Warden; Correctional Officer Lingerfelt; Correctional Officer Fleenor, Defendants-Appellees. Joseph Bowler, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.K. Young, Defendant-Appellee. Joseph Bowler, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. I. Hamilton, Defendant-Appellee. Joseph Bowler, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.K. Young; Correctional Officer Hamilton; Lieutenant Compton; Lieutenant Jones; Correctional Officer Bliley; Correctional Officer Lingerfelt; Correctional Officer McCray; Sergeant Younce; Correctional Officer Fleenor; Sergeant Collins, Defendants-Appellees.
    Nos. 03-7090, 03-7113, 03-7102, 03-7111.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 30, 2003.
    Decided Oct. 8, 2003.
    Joseph Bowler, Appellant Pro Se.
    Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
   PER CURIAM.

Joseph Bowler seeks to appeal the district court’s orders denying his motions to reinstate four previously dismissed actions filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notices of appeal were not timely filed.

Parties are accorded thirty days after the entry of the district court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal, Fed.R.App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), unless the district court extends the appeal period under Fed.R.App. P. 4(a)(5) or reopens the appeal period under Fed.R.App. P. 4(a)(6). This appeal period is “mandatory and jurisdictional.” Browder v. Director, Dep’t of Corr., 434 U.S. 257, 264, 98 S.Ct. 556, 54 L.Ed.2d 521 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229, 80 S.Ct. 282, 4 L.Ed.2d 259 (1960)).

The district court’s orders denying reinstatement were entered on the docket on June 11, 2003. The notices of appeal were postmarked July 14, 2003, and filed on July 15, 2003. See Fed.R.App. P. 4(c). Because Bowler failed to file timely notices of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeals. We deny Bowler’s motion for appointment of counsel and 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.