Case Name: Michael O. DEVAUGHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark C. MOORE, Assistant United States Attorney; Isaac Johnson, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney; Paul Rivers, United States Marshall; Darnell McCall, Chief of Anderson City Detention Center, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-09
Citations: 112 F. App'x 308
Docket Number: No. 04-6447, 04-7181
Parties: Michael O. DEVAUGHN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Mark C. MOORE, Assistant United States Attorney; Isaac Johnson, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney; Paul Rivers, United States Marshall; Darnell McCall, Chief of Anderson City Detention Center, Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 112
Pages: 308–309

Head Matter:
Michael O. DEVAUGHN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Mark C. MOORE, Assistant United States Attorney; Isaac Johnson, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney; Paul Rivers, United States Marshall; Darnell McCall, Chief of Anderson City Detention Center, Defendants—Appellees.
No. 04-6447, 04-7181.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 4, 2004.
Decided Nov. 9, 2004.
Michael O. DeVaughn, Appellant pro se. Barbara Murder Bowens, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed in part, affirmed in part, by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Michael O. DeVaughn seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his action alleging violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), and his motion to reconsider. Regarding the district court's order dismissing the action, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because DeVaughn's notice of appeal was not timely filed.
Parties are accorded sixty days if the United States is a party after entry of the district court's final judgment or order to note an appeal, see 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. Director, Dep't of Corr., 434 U.S. 257, 264, 98 S.Ct. 556, 54 L.Ed.2d 521 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229, 80 S.Ct. 282, 4 L.Ed.2d 259 (1960)).
The district court's order dismissing DeVaughn's action was entered on the docket on October 1, 2003. DeVaughn's notice of appeal was filed on February 24, 2004. Because DeVaughn failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss this portion of the appeal.
Regarding DeVaughn's timely appeal of the district court's order denying his motion to reconsider under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b), we do not find that the district court abused its discretion in denying relief. CNF Constructors, Inc. v. Donohoe Constr. Co., 57 F.3d 395, 401 (4th Cir.1995) (providing standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm this portion of 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 IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART
This date gives DeVaughn the benefit of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988).