Filed: Feb. 21, 1996
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-2908 ELDON WAYNE RILEY, JR, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus WEYERHAEUSER PAPER COMPANY, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, District Judge. (CA-94-11-3-MU) Submitted: February 7, 1996 Decided: February 21, 1996 Before MURNAGHAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed in part and affi
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-2908 ELDON WAYNE RILEY, JR, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus WEYERHAEUSER PAPER COMPANY, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, District Judge. (CA-94-11-3-MU) Submitted: February 7, 1996 Decided: February 21, 1996 Before MURNAGHAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed in part and affir..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 95-2908
ELDON WAYNE RILEY, JR,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
WEYERHAEUSER PAPER COMPANY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, District
Judge. (CA-94-11-3-MU)
Submitted: February 7, 1996 Decided: February 21, 1996
Before MURNAGHAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed in part and affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Eldon Wayne Riley, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Max Daniel McGinn,
BROOKS, PIERCE, MCLENDON, HUMPHREY & LEONARD, Greensboro, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals from the district court's orders granting
summary judgment in favor of the Defendant and denying his motion
for reconsideration. With regard to the entry of summary judgment,
Appellant noted this appeal outside the thirty-day appeal period
established by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1), failed to obtain an exten-
sion of the appeal period within the additional thirty-day period
provided by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), and is not entitled to relief
under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). The time periods established by Fed.
R. App. P. 4 are "mandatory and jurisdictional." Browder v. Direc-
tor, Dep't of Corrections,
434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting United
States v. Robinson,
361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)). The district court
entered its order on September 5, 1995; Appellant's notice of
appeal was filed on October 18, 1995. Appellant's motion for
reconsideration, filed more than ten days after the order granting
summary judgment, does not toll the appeal period. Fed. R. App. P.
4(a)(4)(F). Appellant's failure to note a timely appeal or obtain
an extension of the appeal period deprives this court of jurisdic-
tion to consider this case. We therefore dismiss this portion of
the appeal.
Appellant's notice of appeal is timely with respect to the
district court's order denying the motion for reconsideration. We
have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find
no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of the
motion for reconsideration on the reasoning of the district court.
Riley v. Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., No. CA-94-11-3-MU (W.D.N.C. Oct.
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11, 1995). We deny Appellant's motion to bar Defendant from con-
tacting "potential witnesses" and his motion to prevent Defendant
from making architectural changes to its facilities pending appel-
late review. 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 IN PART and AFFIRMED IN PART
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