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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

 June 29, 2005

 Elizabeth H. Paret

 U. S. DISTRICT COURT

 Room 193

 Walter E. Hoffman Courthouse

 600 Granby Street

 Norfolk, VA 23510

 Re: 05-6145 Brooks v. Bird

 CA-04-593

 Dear Clerk:

 Enclosed is an opinion of this Court remanding the case for

 limited purpose. The record on appeal is being returned for the

 district court's use. Please return the record, as supplemented,

 to this Court after completing the determination on remand.

 Yours truly,

 PATRICIA S. CONNOR

 Clerk

 /s/ Alecia F. Dohnal

 By: ________________________

 Deputy Clerk

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-6145 

JAY MIKAL BROOKS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

BIRD, Deputy; FITZGERALD, Sargeant; DEPUTY

BATCH, Classification Officer,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District

Judge. (CA-04-593)

Submitted: June 23, 2005 Decided: June 29, 2005

Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jay Mikal Brooks, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:

Jay Mikal Brooks seeks to appeal from the district

court’s order dismissing his complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 (2000). The district court dismissed Brooks’ complaint by

an order entered on December 9, 2004. On January 27, 2005, the

district court received a letter expressing Brooks’ wish to appeal

the order. Brooks stated that he had been in transit in the

federal prison system and only learned of the dismissal of his case

when he informed the district court of his new address. He

submitted that the jail where he was originally confined did not

forward his mail. 

Brooks’ notice of appeal was made within the period of

time applicable for a determination of excusable neglect or good

cause under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), and expressed a desire to

preserve his appeal. See Myers v. Stephenson, 781 F.2d 1036, 1038-

39 (4th Cir. 1986). Accordingly, we remand this case to the

district court for the limited purpose of permitting that court to

determine whether Brooks has shown excusable neglect or good cause

warranting an extension of time for filing a notice of appeal. The

record, as supplemented, then will be returned to this court for

further consideration.

REMANDED

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