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UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                              No. 01-7972

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus

CALVIN DOUGLAS DYESS, a/k/a Carlos Rawmel,
a/k/a Calcutta,

                                              Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Charles H. Haden II,
Chief District Judge. (CR-99-12-2-01)

Submitted:   April 19, 2002                   Decided:   May 9, 2002

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Calvin Douglas Dyess, Appellant Pro Se. Monica Kaminski Schwartz,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Calvin Douglas Dyess seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 motion for a new trial.     We

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because Dyess’ notice

of appeal was not timely filed.

     Criminal defendants may file an appeal within ten days after

the entry of the district court’s final judgment, or the date of

the Government’s appeal.   Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4)(i)-(ii).    This

appeal period is “mandatory and jurisdictional.”         Browder v.

Director, Dep’t of Corrections, 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting

United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)).

     The district court’s order denying Dyess’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 33

motion was entered on the docket on June 5, 2001.   Dyess’ notice of

appeal was filed on October 30, 2001.* Because Dyess failed to file

a timely notice of appeal, we deny leave to proceed in forma

pauperis and 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 given to prison officials for mailing. See Fed. R. App.
P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988).

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