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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7309

CHRISTOPHER BERNARD JONES,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SC DEPT OF CORRECTIONS; JON OZMINT; SC DEPT PROBATION PAROLE 

AND PARDON SERVICES; SAMUEL GLOVER; GREENVILLE TECHNICAL 

COLLEGE, et al.; TIM RILEY, Warden, Tyger River Correctional 

Institution; ROBERT HAL MAUNEY, Warden, Northside and 

Livesay Correctional Institution; PEGGY ROGERS, Lieutenant 

at Tyger River; ROGER RABB, Casemanager at Tyger River; 

KAREN FOWLER, Caseworker at Tyger River; B. LEWIS, 

Caseworker at Tyger River; BILLY HYATT; MARY H. MCCABE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Columbia. Patrick Michael Duffy, Senior

District Judge. (3:07-cv-01876-PMD)

Submitted: March 10, 2010 Decided: March 25, 2010

Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christopher Bernard Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Todd Darwin, 

HOLCOMBE, BOMAR, GUNN & BRADFORD, PA, Spartanburg, South 

Carolina, for Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Christopher Bernard Jones seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate 

judge and dismissing Jones’ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) action. We 

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice 

of appeal was 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. Dir., Dep’t of 

Corr., 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting United States v. 

Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)). 

The district court’s order was entered on the docket 

on April 2, 2009. The notice of appeal was filed on June 1, 

2009. Because Jones failed to file a timely notice of appeal or 

to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period within 

the time periods specified in Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6),*

 * Although Jones stated in his notice of appeal that he did 

not receive notice of the entry of the district court’s final 

order until May 14, 2009, his notice of appeal falls outside of 

the seven-day requirement in Rule 4(a)(6)(B) and therefore a 

reopening of the appeal period is not permitted.

we 

dismiss the appeal. We deny Jones’ motion for appointment of 

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counsel. 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

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