Paul Myles seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. Parties are accorded sixty days after the entry of the district court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal when the United States is a party, Fed. RApp. 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). 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 (I960)). The district court’s order was entered on the docket on May 16, 2003. The notice of appeal was filed, at the earliest, on September 8, 2004. Because Myles failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we deny Myles’ motion to expand the record and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before *45the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED