SILVIA v. LAURIE

No. 78-1461.

594 F.2d 892 (1979)

James R. SILVIA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. William E. LAURIE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Silvia, pro se.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

On October 11, 1978, the plaintiff, James R. Silvia, noticed his appeal from a district court judgment entered May 9, 1978, dismissing his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to raise a substantial federal question. As the defendants included officers of the United States prison system, the appeal should have been brought within sixty days of the day judgment was entered—i. e., by July 8, 1978. Fed.R.App.P. 4(a). The appeal, being untimely...

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