Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ca4-08-06124/USCOURTS-ca4-08-06124-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

---

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-6124

JERRY W. NELSON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

LIEBER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION; HENRY MCMASTER, Attorney

General; WARDEN, LIEBER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District

Judge. (6:06-cv-02422-HMH)

Submitted: April 17, 2008 Decided: April 24, 2008

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jerry W. Nelson, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Appeal: 08-6124 Doc: 12 Filed: 04/24/2008 Pg: 1 of 3
*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. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988).

- 2 -

PER CURIAM:

Jerry W. Nelson seeks to appeal the district court’s

order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and

dismissing his successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. 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

October 10, 2006. The notice of appeal was filed on December 27,

2007.* Because Nelson 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

 

Appeal: 08-6124 Doc: 12 Filed: 04/24/2008 Pg: 2 of 3
- 3 -

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

Appeal: 08-6124 Doc: 12 Filed: 04/24/2008 Pg: 3 of 3