UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 02-6100



MARVIN TROY BUTLER,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT,

                                               Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District
Judge. (CA-01-864-2)


Submitted:   March 21, 2002                 Decided:   April 1, 2002


Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Marvin Troy Butler, Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Marvin Troy Butler seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (West Supp. 2001) complaint.

We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because Butler’s

notice of appeal was not timely filed.

     Parties are accorded thirty days after entry of the district

court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal, see Fed. R. App.

P. 4(a)(1), 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).          This appeal period is “mandatory and

jurisdictional.”       Browder v. Director, Dep’t of Corrections, 

, 264 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 

, 229 (1960)).

     The district court’s order was entered on the docket on

November 27, 2001.      Butler’s notice of appeal was filed on January

11, 2002.     Because Butler failed to file a timely notice of appeal

or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we

dismiss the appeal.          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




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