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Reginald K. Drake v. Pat Conroy Attorney General of the State of Maryland, 89-6826 (1989)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 89-6826 Visitors: 15
Filed: Dec. 14, 1989
Latest Update: Feb. 22, 2020
Summary: 894 F.2d 401 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit. Reginald K. DRAKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Pat CONROY; Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees. No. 89-6826. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Submitted: Oct. 31, 198
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894 F.2d 401
Unpublished Disposition

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
Reginald K. DRAKE, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Pat CONROY; Attorney General of the State of Maryland,
Respondents-Appellees.

No. 89-6826.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: Oct. 31, 1989.
Decided: Dec. 14, 1989.

Reginald K. Drake, appellant pro se.

Before K.K. HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

1

Reginald K. Drake 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); Washington v. Bumgarner, 882 F.2d 899 (4th Cir.1989). We therefore deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritatively.

2

DISMISSED.

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