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United States v. Hoggard, 4th Cir. (2007)
United States v. Hoggard, 4th Cir. (2007)
No. 06-6387
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk.
Robert G. Doumar, Senior
District Judge. (2:04-cr-00066-RGD-2; 2:05-cv-00633-RGD)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Rickey Collins Hoggard seeks to appeal the district
courts order denying his motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255
(2000). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the
notice of appeal was not timely filed.
When the United States or its officer or agency is a
party, the notice of appeal must be filed no more than sixty days
after the entry of the district courts final judgment or order,
Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), 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).
mandatory and jurisdictional.
434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting United States v. Robinson, 361
U.S. 220, 229 (1960)).
The district courts order denying Hoggards 2255
motion was entered December 13, 2005, and the sixty-day appeal
period expired on February 13, 2006.*
On
remand, the district court determined that the notice of appeal was
filed on February 17, 2006, several days after the sixty-day appeal
period expired.
DISMISSED
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