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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Lewis F. Powell, Jr. United States Courthouse Annex

1100 E. Main Street, Suite 501

Richmond, Virginia 23219-3517

Patricia S. Connor

Clerk

www.ca4.uscourts.gov Telephone

(804) 916-2700

 August 17, 2007

 TO: P. Mark Shafer

 Enclosed is a copy of the Court's opinion

 directing limited remand in Case Number(s): 07-6532

 PATRICIA S. CONNOR

 CLERK

 Enclosure(s)

 cc: Clerk, U. S. District Court

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-6532

P. MARK SHAFER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

PAULA PRICE; CINDY DIAMOND; DSS/APS;

WASHINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEMS; JAMES P.

HAMILL, President, Washington County Hospital;

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN; WASHINGTON COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS; SISKIND, GRADY, ROSEN, HOOVER,

Law Firm,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (8:07-

cv-00183-PJM)

Submitted: August 6, 2007 Decided: August 17, 2007

Before MICHAEL and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

P. Mark Shafer, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

P. Mark Shafer seeks to appeal the district court’s order

dismissing Shafer’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint under Heck v.

Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487 (1994). The notice of appeal was

received in the district court shortly after expiration of the

appeal period. Because Shafer 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 (1988). The record does not reveal

when Shafer 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

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