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106 F.3d 393
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Michael Anthony JENKINS, a/k/a Domonique Jenkins, a/k/a ToddJenkins, a/k/a Tone, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 96-7025.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 23, 1997.Decided Feb. 6, 1997.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk.  J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Senior District Judge.  (CR-93-81-N)
Michael Anthony Jenkins, Appellant Pro Se.  William David Muhr, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, VA, for Appellee.
Before RUSSELL, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

1
Michael Anthony Jenkins filed an untimely notice of appeal.  We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.  The time periods for filing notices of appeal are governed by Fed.  R.App. P. 4.  These periods 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)).  The district court may, upon a showing of excusable neglect, extend by thirty days the time for filing a notice of appeal.  See United States v. Reyes, 759 F.2d 351, 353 (4th Cir.1985).  Under Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), the notice is considered filed as of the date Appellant delivered it to prison officials for forwarding to the court.

2
The district court entered its order on May 1, 1996.  However, upon Jenkins's motion, the court extended the time to file a notice of appeal to June 14, 1996.  The record discloses that Jenkins did not relay his notice of appeal to prison officials for mailing until June 21, 1996.  Jenkins's failure to note an appeal within the permissible extension period leaves this court without jurisdiction to consider the merits of his appeal.  We therefore 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