
    Ernie David RUSS, Personally and on behalf of the Estate of L. Bailey Russ (deceased), and Edna Russ (deceased), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John B. HEWETT; Ted C. Rivenbark, Jr.; Larry W. Godwin; Robert C. Cochran; Jerry Batten; Charles M. Huskey; Ralph E. Miller; Jimmy Johnson; James C. Kearney; La Verne Ausman; Jim Root; Patrick V. Denton; Ann Stone Nelms; Lou Ann Kling; Unknown Board, personally and where applicable, and corporately; RObert E. Ward; Ivan V. Bennett; Elon King; Robert E. Smith; John Kopp; Hulan E. Grissett; Elwood Fulford; Wendel J. Smith; Wayne Grissett, Defendants-Appellees, and Richard M. Sterns; Warren Knox, Defendants.
    No. 02-2270.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted June 23, 2003.
    Decided July 10, 2003.
    Seth A. Neyhart, EVERETT & EVERETT, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant. Frank D. Whitney, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Paul Martin Newby, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
    Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
    Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
   OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Ernie David Russ seeks to appeal the district court’s order substituting the United States for the individually named federal defendants in his complaint and dismissing all claims pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). He also appeals the district court’s order denying reconsideration of that order.

Initially, the Government asserts we lack jurisdiction to review the district court’s June 12, 2002, dismissal order because the notice of appeal was untimely as to that order and because Russ’s motion for reconsideration did not toll the deadline for filing a notice of appeal because the motion for reconsideration was untimely. A motion to alter or amend judgment under Rule 59(e) “shall be filed no later than 10 days after entry of the judgment.” The district court entered its order dismissing the amended complaint on Wednesday, June 12, 2002. In accordance with Rule 6(a), Russ had until Wednesday, June 26, 2002, to file a Rule 59(e) motion. Russ filed his motion for reconsideration on Friday, June 28, 2002. Russ asserts he should have been allowed an additional three days pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(e) because the notice of judgment was mailed to him. We reject Russ’s argument because Rule 59(e) provides that the ten-day time period runs from the entry of the judgment, rather than from the service of notice of the judgment. See FHC Equities, L.L.C. v. MBL Life Assurance Corp., 188 F.3d 678, 681-82 (6th Cir.1999). Thus, the motion for reconsideration did not toll the period for filing an appeal of the underlying judgment. Accordingly, the notice of appeal was not timely as to the June 12 order, and we dismiss the appeal as to that order.

Russ’s appeal is timely as to the district court’s denial of his subsequent motion for reconsideration, which is essentially a Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion. We review the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion for abuse of discretion. See NOW v. Operation Rescue, 47 F.3d 667, 669 (4th Cir.1995). We have reviewed the record and conclude the district court’s denial of Russ’s motion for reconsideration did not constitute an abuse of discretion. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s denial of Russ’s motion for reconsideration.

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.

AFFIRMED IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART.  