US v. Deleston

Filing 920061204

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-7467

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus DWAYNE DELESTON, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge. (2:99-cr-00751-DCN-6; 2:02-cv-03895-DCN)

Submitted: November 21, 2006

Decided:

December 4, 2006

Before TRAXLER and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dwayne Deleston, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Dwayne Deleston seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. 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. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). "mandatory and jurisdictional." This appeal period is

Browder v. Dir., Dep't of Corr.,

434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)). The district court's order was entered on the docket on May 2, 2005. July 25, 2006. The notice of appeal was filed, at the earliest, on Because Deleston failed to file a timely notice of

appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. facts and legal before We dispense with oral argument because the are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the

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decisional process. DISMISSED

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