Case Name: Deborah Lee WHEELER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joel JACKSON, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-27
Citations: 231 F. App'x 256
Docket Number: No. 07-6166
Parties: Deborah Lee WHEELER, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Joel JACKSON, Defendant—Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 231
Pages: 256–256

Head Matter:
Deborah Lee WHEELER, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Joel JACKSON, Defendant—Appellee.
No. 07-6166.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 21, 2007.
Decided: June 27, 2007.
Deborah Lee Wheeler, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Deborah Lee Wheeler seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing her action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000), for failure to state a claim. 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. Dir., 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 was entered on the docket on November 16, 2006. The notice of appeal was filed on January 30, 2007. Because Wheeler 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 materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.