United States v. Williams

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 99-6354 REGINALD R. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Robert E. Payne, District Judge. (CR-95-332-A, CA-98-1720-A) Submitted: April 30, 1999 Decided: September 13, 1999 Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. _________________________________________________________________ Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL Reginald R. Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Morris Rudolph Parker, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. _________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). _________________________________________________________________ OPINION PER CURIAM: Reginald Williams appeals from the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998) motion as untimely. Our review of the record reveals that Williams' conviction did not become final until after this Court granted the parties' stipulation to dismiss the Government's appeal of Williams' sentence on December 1, 1997. Accordingly, Williams' § 2255 motion, filed in November 1998, was timely under the § 2255's one-year filing period. We there- fore grant a certificate of appealability, vacate the district court's order, and remand for consideration of Williams' motion on the mer- its. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal con- tentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. VACATED AND REMANDED 2