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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 15-7235

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee, 

 v. 

ALBERT CHARLES BURGESS, JR., 

 Defendant - Appellant. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Graham C. Mullen, 

Senior District Judge. (1:09-cr-00017-GCM-DLH-1; 1:12-cv-00375-

GCM) 

Submitted: November 19, 2015 Decided: November 24, 2015 

Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. 

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Albert Charles Burgess, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth 

Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North 

Carolina, Melissa Louise Rikard, Assistant United States

Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

Dismissed by Supreme Court, May 31, 2016

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PER CURIAM: 

Albert Charles Burgess, Jr., seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) 

motion. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because 

the notice of appeal was not timely filed. 

When the United States or its officer or agency is a party, 

the notice of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after 

the entry of the district court’s final judgment or order, 

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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). “[T]he timely 

filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional 

requirement.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). 

The district court’s order was entered on the docket on 

February 26, 2015. The notice of appeal was filed on August 3, 

2015.* Because Burgess failed to file a timely notice of appeal 

or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we 

dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the 

 * For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date 

appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could 

have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to 

the court. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 

266, 276 (1988). 

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materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process. 

DISMISSED

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