Case Name: Cheryl A. DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James TAYLOR; John O'Donald; Darrell Betsill, Defendants-Appellees, and City of Gaffney; South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-20
Citations: 160 F. App'x 286
Docket Number: No. 05-2051
Parties: Cheryl A. DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James TAYLOR; John O’Donald; Darrell Betsill, Defendants—Appellees, and City of Gaffney; South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Defendants.
Judges: Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 160
Pages: 286–287

Head Matter:
Cheryl A. DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James TAYLOR; John O’Donald; Darrell Betsill, Defendants—Appellees, and City of Gaffney; South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Defendants.
No. 05-2051.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 15, 2005.
Decided: Dec. 20, 2005.
Cheryl A. Davidson, Appellant Pro Se. Vance J. Bettis, Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, Columbia, South Carolina; Michael Stephen Pauley, Vinton D. Lide & Associates, Lexington, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Cheryl A. Davidson seeks to appeal the district court's order granting summary judgment to Defendants in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action. 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. 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 judgment was entered on the docket on August 10, 2005. The notice of appeal was filed on September 16, 2005. Because Davidson failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we grant the Defendants' motions to 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