Case Name: Andre WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lisa HOLLINGSWORTH, Warden; R. Shook; M. Moubeark; D. Williams; D. Mull; K.M. White; Harrell Watts, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-09-17
Citations: 241 F. App'x 967
Docket Number: No. 07-7127
Parties: Andre WHITE, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Lisa HOLLINGSWORTH, Warden; R. Shook; M. Moubeark; D. Williams; D. Mull; K.M. White; Harrell Watts, Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 241
Pages: 967–968

Head Matter:
Andre WHITE, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Lisa HOLLINGSWORTH, Warden; R. Shook; M. Moubeark; D. Williams; D. Mull; K.M. White; Harrell Watts, Defendants—Appellees.
No. 07-7127.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 11, 2007.
Decided: Sept. 17, 2007.
Andre White, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer A. Wright, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Andre White seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his complaint filed pursuant to 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). 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. RApp. 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 March 26,2007. The notice of appeal was filed on July 21, 2007. Because White 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.
For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. Fed. R.App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988).