Before WELLFORD and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and HORACE GILMORE, District Judge*.

This matter is before the court upon consideration of the appellant's motion for counsel, and this court's order directing the appellant to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Appellant has failed to respond to the show cause order.

It appears from the record that the final judgment was entered September 15, 1989. On October 31, 1989, appellant filed a notice of appeal. The notice of appeal was fifteen days late. Fed.R.App.P. 4(a) and 26(a).

The failure of an appellant to timely file a notice of appeal deprives an appellate court of jurisdiction. Compliance with Fed.R.App.P. 4(a) is a mandatory and jurisdictional prerequisite which this court can neither waive nor extend. Baker v. Raulie, 879 F.2d 1396, 1398 (6th Cir.1989) (per curiam); McMillan v. Barksdale, 823 F.2d 981, 982 (6th Cir.1987); Myers v. Ace Hardware, Inc., 777 F.2d 1099, 1102 (6th Cir.1985); Denley v. Shearson/American Express, Inc., 733 F.2d 39, 41 (6th Cir.1984) (per curiam); Peake v. First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co., 717 F.2d 1016, 1018 (6th Cir.1983). Fed.R.App.P. 26(b) specifically provides that this court cannot enlarge the time for filing a notice of appeal.

It is ORDERED that the motion for appointment of counsel be denied, and the appeal be, and it hereby is, dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Rule 9(b)(1), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

* The Honorable Horace Gilmore, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation