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842 F.2d 1292Unpublished Disposition
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Gervin SINCLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Howard LYLES, Warden;  Bernard SMITH, Assistant Warden;  T.PURNELL, Captain;  Warren TILLEY, Hearing Officer,Defendants-Appellees.
88-7517.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
March 18, 1988.

Gervin Sinclair, Appellant Pro se.  Rex Charles Schultz, Office of Attorney General, for Appellees.
Before MURNAGHAN, CHAPMAN, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

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Gervin Sinclair noted this appeal outside the 30-day appeal period established by Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1), and failed to move for an extension of the appeal period within the additional 30-day period provided by Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5).  The time periods established by Fed.R.App.P. 4 are "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)).  Appellant's failure to note a timely appeal or obtain an extension of the appeal period deprives this Court of jurisdiction to consider this case.   See Shah v. Hutto, 722 F.2d 1167 (4th Cir.1983) (en banc), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 975 (1984).  We therefore dismiss the appeal.  We dispense with oral argument because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritatively.

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DISMISSED.