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James Milton DE VONE, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant,v.CREDIT BUREAU SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 93-2504.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 20, 1994.Decided Feb. 2, 1994.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham.  Richard C. Erwin, Senior District Judge.  (CA-93-85-1)
James Milton De Vone, pro se.
Joseph H. Nanney, Jr., Moore & Van Allen, Durham, NC, for appellee.
M.D.N.C.
DISMISSED.
Before WIDENER, WILKINS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:


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Appellant noted this appeal outside the thirty-day appeal period established by Fed.  R.App. P. 4(a)(1), failed to obtain an extension 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. 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.  We therefore 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
