UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-6541
STEVEN L. SAUNDERS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis III, Senior
District Judge. (1:09-cv-01204-TSE-IDD)
Submitted: September 28, 2010 Decided: October 5, 2010
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Steven L. Saunders, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Steven Saunders appeals the district court’s order
denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition for a
writ of habeas corpus. While his appeal was pending before the
court, the presiding district judge in Saunders’s habeas
proceeding filed a “Memorandum of Intent” indicating to the
court that Saunders had sent a letter to the judge pointing out
that the district judge had failed to rule on one of Saunders’s
habeas claims. The memorandum indicated that Saunders was
correct and the court had in fact failed to fully dispose of
Saunders’s claims, and that the letter would be treated as a
motion for reconsideration. The memorandum advised Saunders to
file in this court a motion for a limited remand for the
purposes of granting the district court jurisdiction to consider
the motion for reconsideration. The district judge has
indicated that the motion for reconsideration would be well-
taken.
Saunders has made such a motion, and for the reasons
set forth in the district judge’s memorandum, we grant the
motion for a remand, and remand the case to the district court
to consider Saunders’s motion for reconsideration.
REMANDED
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