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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-1214

DONALD LEON SMILEY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JOHN R. SMILEY, SR.; ETHEL SMILEY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District 

Judge. (2:09-cv-00613-RAJ-FBS)

Submitted: May 20, 2010 Decided: May 26, 2010

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Donald Leon Smiley, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Donald Leon Smiley seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order dismissing his civil complaint against his 

parents. 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 December 30, 2009. The notice of appeal was filed on 

February 19, 2010. Because Smiley 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 materials before the court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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