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Jesus Antonio GRACIA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 00-6815.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 9, 2001.
    Decided Dec. 18, 2001.
    William P. Robinson, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Bain Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Before TRAXLER and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

Jesus Antonio Gracia seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.2001). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because Gracia’s notice of appeal was not timely filed.

In civil cases in which the United States is not a party, parties are accorded thirty days after entry of the district court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal, see Fed. RApp. 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. RApp. 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 order was entered on the docket on May 1, 2000. Gracia’s notice of appeal was filed by his counsel on June 6, 2000. Because Gracia failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny a certificate of appealability 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. 
      
       The parties consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994). (R. 4, 6).