Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-11-14
Citations: 50 F. App'x 628
Docket Number: No. 02-6983
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILLIAMS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 50
Pages: 628–629

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-6983.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 24, 2002.
Decided Nov. 14, 2002.
Nathaniel Watkins, Appellant Pro Se. Michael R. Smythers, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILLIAMS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Nathaniel Watkins appeals from the criminal judgment entered on January 11, 1991. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
In criminal cases, the defendant is accorded ten days after entry of the district court's final judgment or order to note an appeal, see Fed. R.App. P. 4(b)(1)(A), unless the district court extends the appeal period under Fed. R.App. P. 4(b)(4). This appeal period is "mandatory and jurisdictional." United States v. Raynor, 939 F.2d 191, 196 (4th Cir.1991). The district court's final judgment was entered on the docket on January 11, 1991. Watkins' notice of appeal was filed on June 12, 2002. Because Watkins failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension 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.