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850 F.2d 688Unpublished 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NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Frank Leroy BEST, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant,v.Mr. MASON, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 88-7593.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted:  May 26, 1988.Decided:  June 28, 1988.

Frank Leroy Best, Jr., appellant pro se.
Linwood Theodore Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before WIDENER, JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

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Frank Leroy Best 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 deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal.  We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and oral argument would not significantly aid the decisional process.

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DISMISSED.