Ray Cole v. Teamsters Local 391
Filing
920091230
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1507
RAY A. COLE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 391; DONNY BROWN, Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas David Schroeder, District Judge. (1:08-cv-00499-TDS-WWD)
Submitted:
November 16, 2009
Decided:
December 30, 2009
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ray A. Cole, Appellant Pro Se. J. David James, SMITH, JAMES, ROWLETT & COHEN, LLP, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Ray A. Cole seeks to appeal the district court's order adopting dismissing the his recommendation civil action of the magistrate Teamsters judge 391 and and
against
Local
Donny Brown.
We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction
because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. Parties are accorded thirty days after the entry of the district court's final judgment or order to note an appeal, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), 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). is mandatory and jurisdictional. This appeal period
Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S.
205, 214 (2007); see United States v. Urutyan, 564 F.3d 679, 685 (4th Cir. 2009) (discussing Bowles and the appeal periods under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)). The district court's order was entered on the docket on March 30, 2009. Accordingly, in order for Cole's appeal to Cole did
be timely, it must have been filed by April 29, 2009. not file a notice of appeal until April 30, 2009. failed to file a timely notice of appeal or
Because Cole to obtain an
extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the appeal. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
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adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
the
court
and
argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED
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