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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sylvester PULLIAM, Appellant.
    No. 03-2058.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 6, 2003.
    Decided Nov. 12, 2003.
    Paul W. Hahn, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cape Girardeau, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Sylvester Pulliam, pro se, Forrest City, AR, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Sylvester Pulliam appeals following the district court’s denial of Pulliam’s motion to dismiss his two-count indictment for distributing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), contending the district court erroneously declined to construe his motion as a notice of appeal under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a). The district court did not commit error because Pulliam filed his motion two years after he was sentenced, which was too late for the timely filing of a notice of appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(b)(1)(a)(i); United States v. Auman, 8 F.3d 1268, 1271 (8th Cir.1993) (district court does not have authority under § 3742 to review final sentence).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 
      
       The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.