Case Name: Annie R. SMITH, on behalf of Alfred T. THOMAS (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees; Annie R. Smith, on behalf of Alfred T. Thomas (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees; Annie R. Smith, on behalf of Alfred T. Thomas (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-17
Citations: 340 F. App'x 918
Docket Number: Nos. 08-1029, 08-1415, 08-1625
Parties: Annie R. SMITH, on behalf of Alfred T. THOMAS (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees. Annie R. Smith, on behalf of Alfred T. Thomas (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees. Annie R. Smith, on behalf of Alfred T. Thomas (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 340
Pages: 918–920

Head Matter:
Annie R. SMITH, on behalf of Alfred T. THOMAS (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees. Annie R. Smith, on behalf of Alfred T. Thomas (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees. Annie R. Smith, on behalf of Alfred T. Thomas (minor), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Peter Gilchrist; Nathaniel P. Proctor; Yvonne Mims-Evans; Graham C. Mullen; Tim D. Smith; Thomas C. Porter; Helms, Mulliss, Wicker PLLC, Defendants-Appellees.
Nos. 08-1029, 08-1415, 08-1625.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 29, 2009.
Decided: Aug. 17, 2009.
Annie R. Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Paul Bradford Taylor, Office of the United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina; Grady L. Balentine, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina; Richard Deke Falls, Barnett & Falls, Charlotte, North Carolina; Thomas C. Porter, Thomas C. Porter, Attorney at Law, PA, Charlotte, North Carolina; Douglas William Ey, Jr., McGuirewoods, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Ap-pellees.
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Annie R. Smith seeks to appeal three orders entered in her civil action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006):(1) the magistrate judge's order denying her leave to file a surreply (No. 08-1029); (2) the district court's order granting defendants' motions to dismiss Smith's § 1983 complaint (No. 08-1415); and (3) the district court's order granting in part and denying in part her application to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal (No. 08-1625). We dismiss the appeals for lack of jurisdiction.
In No. 08-1029, Smith seeks to appeal the magistrate judge's order denying her leave to file a surreply. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The order Smith seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See In re Bryson, 406 F.3d 284, 287-89 (4th Cir.2005); see also Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Gen. Elec. Co., 446 U.S. 1, 7, 100 S.Ct. 1460, 64 L.Ed.2d 1 (1980). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal in No. 08-1029 for lack of jurisdiction.
Turning to the appeals in Nos. 08-1415/1625, 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, 98 S.Ct. 556, 54 L.Ed.2d 521 (1978) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted); accord Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 2366, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The district court's order in No. 08-1415 was entered on the docket on February 7, 2008, 2008 WL 351572. The notice of appeal was filed on April 8, 2008, one day late. With regard to No. 08-1625, the district court entered the order on the docket on March 26, 2008. Smith filed her notice of appeal on May 29, 2008, two days late. Because Smith failed to file a time ly notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period in Nos. 08-1415/1625, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis in No. 08-1625 and dismiss the appeals. 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.
The sixtieth day fell on Sunday, May 25, 2008, and Monday, May 26, was Memorial Day. Thus, Smith had until Tuesday, May 27, 2008, to timely file her notice of appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 26.