Case Name: Orlando C. LEE, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-09-01
Citations: 344 F. App'x 843
Docket Number: No. 09-1505
Parties: Orlando C. LEE, Sr., Plaintiff—Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 344
Pages: 843–844

Head Matter:
Orlando C. LEE, Sr., Plaintiff—Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants—Appellees.
No. 09-1505.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 26, 2009.
Decided: Sept. 1, 2009.
Orlando C. Lee, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Orlando C. Lee, Sr., seeks to appeal the district court's order summarily dismissing Lee's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) (2006). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.
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) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229, 80 S.Ct. 282, 4 L.Ed.2d 259 (I960)); see Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 213-14, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 2366, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The district court's order was entered on its docket on January 8, 2009. The notice of appeal was filed on May 1, 2009. Because Lee 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 be fore the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.