UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-6019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
CALVIN ANGELO COWARD,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. (CR-90-52-2-H)
Submitted: March 27, 2001 Decided: April 17, 2001
Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed on other grounds by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Calvin Angelo Coward, Appellant Pro Se. Jerri Ulrica Dunston,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Calvin Angelo Coward appeals from the district court’s order
denying his motion to file a belated notice of appeal in his crim-
inal case. We have reviewed the district court’s order and find no
reversible error. Although the district court erroneously analyzed
Coward’s motion under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a) (addressing the appeal
periods in civil cases), its ultimate conclusion that it lacked the
authority to extend the appeal period was correct. See Fed. R.
App. P. 4(b)(1), (4) (allowing the district court to extend the
ten-day criminal appeal period by an additional thirty days).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order on other grounds.
See United States v. Coward, No. CR-90-52-4-H (E.D.N.C. Dec. 14,
2000). 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 ON OTHER GROUNDS
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