UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-6991
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
GARRICK L. WILSON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Terry L. Wooten, District Judge.
(CR-02-146)
Submitted: August 18, 2004 Decided: October 22, 2004
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Garrick L. Wilson, Appellant Pro Se. Alfred William Walker Bethea,
Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Garrick L. Wilson seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying his motion for reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582 (2000). In criminal cases, the defendant must file his
notice of appeal within ten days of the entry of judgment. Fed. R.
App. P. 4(b)(1)(A); see United States v. Alvarez, 210 F.3d 309, 310
(5th Cir. 2000) (holding that § 3582 proceeding is criminal in
nature and ten-day appeal period applies). With or without a
motion, the district court may grant an extension of time of up to
thirty days upon a showing of excusable neglect or good cause.
Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4); United States v. Reyes, 759 F.2d 351, 353
(4th Cir. 1985).
The district court entered its order denying the motion
for reduction of sentence on April 15, 2004; the ten-day appeal
period expired on April 29, 2004. Wilson filed his notice of
appeal after the ten-day period expired but within the thirty-day
excusable neglect period. Because the notice of appeal was filed
within the excusable neglect period, we remand the case to the
district court for the court to determine whether Wilson has shown
excusable neglect or good cause warranting an extension of the
ten-day appeal period. The record, as supplemented, will then be
returned to this court for further consideration.
REMANDED
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