UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-6696
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
TREVOR PLACIDO BENJAMIN,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge. (CR-
96-217-DKC)
Submitted: August 5, 1999 Decided: August 11, 1999
Before MURNAGHAN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Trevor Placido Benjamin, Appellant Pro Se. Jan Paul Miller, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Trevor Placido Benjamin appeals the district court’s orders
denying his motion to extend the time in which to file a motion
pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 1999), and his motion
for reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and the district
court’s opinions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we af-
firm on the reasoning of the district court. See United States v.
Benjamin, No. CR-96-217-DKC (Mar. 17 & Apr. 14, 1999).* We dis-
pense 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
*
Although the district court’s orders are marked as “filed”
on March 15 & April 13, 1999, respectively, the district court’s
records show that they were entered on the docket sheet on March 17
& April 14, 1899. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the orders were
physically entered on the docket sheet that we take as the
effective date of the district court’s decisions. See Wilson v.
Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
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