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Parties Involved:
Terry L. Dowdell
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-7779

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TERRY L. DOWDELL,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Norman K. Moon, District Judge.

(3:02-cr-00107-nkm-1; 7:07-cv-00237-nkm-mfu)

Submitted: February 20, 2008 Decided: April 7, 2008

Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Terry L. Dowdell, Appellant Pro Se. Jean Barrett Hudson, OFFICE OF

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlottesville, Virginia, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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

appearing on the notice of appeal filed by Dowdell 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).

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PER CURIAM:

Terry L. Dowdell seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255 (2000). 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 sixty 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). 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

September 20, 2007. The notice of appeal was filed on November 20,

2007.* Because Dowdell 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

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materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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