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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-7352

DAVID S. JOHNSON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

JON GALLEY; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF

MARYLAND,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, Senior District

Judge. (1:06-cv-00973-WMN)

Submitted: November 21, 2007 Decided: December 6, 2007

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

David S. Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Edward John Kelley, OFFICE OF

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

David S. Johnson seeks to appeal the district court’s

order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The notice

of appeal was received in the district court shortly after

expiration of the appeal period, and it bore a notation that

Johnson had previously filed a notice of appeal on July 17, 2007,

within the appeal period. Because Johnson 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

conclusively reveal when Johnson gave his notice of appeal to

prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we grant leave to

proceed in forma pauperis and 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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