Paul GRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of MARYLAND JUDICIARY SYSTEM; State of Maryland; Howard County Hospital; Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, Defendants-Appellees, 163 F. App'x 216

PER CURIAM: Paul Graham seeks to appeal the district court’s orders dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint and denying his motion for reconsideration. 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). This appeal period is “mandatory and jurisdictional.” Browder v.

Director, Dep’t of Corr., 434 U.S. 257, 264, 98 S.Ct. 556, 54 L.Ed.2d 521 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229, 80 S.Ct. 282, 4 L.Ed.2d 259 (1960)). The district court’s judgment was entered on the docket on May 24, 2005. The notice of appeal was filed on June 28, 2005. Because Graham 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