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Howard v. Ozmint

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 27, 2010
400 F. App'x 769 (4th Cir. 2010)

Opinion

No. 10-6106.

Submitted: August 31, 2010.

Decided: October 27, 2010.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (6:08-cv-03171-GRA).

Stacy W. Howard, Appellant Pro Se. Leigh Powers Boan, William Walter Doar, Jr., McNair Law Firm, PA, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Stacy W. Howard seeks to appeal the district court's order granting summary judgment to Defendants. The notice of appeal was received in the district court shortly after expiration of the appeal period. Because Howard is incarcerated, the notice is considered filed as of the date it was properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. Fed.R.App.P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988). The record does not reveal when Howard gave the notice of appeal to prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we remand the case for the limited purpose of allowing the district court to obtain this information from the parties and to determine whether the filing was timely under Fed.R.App.P. 4(c)(1) and Houston v. Lack. The record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further consideration.

REMANDED.


Summaries of

Howard v. Ozmint

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 27, 2010
400 F. App'x 769 (4th Cir. 2010)
Case details for

Howard v. Ozmint

Case Details

Full title:Stacy W. HOWARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Director Jon E. OZMINT, of S.C…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Oct 27, 2010

Citations

400 F. App'x 769 (4th Cir. 2010)