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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UNPUBLISHED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. 16-7073

BURNICE ANTWON HINNANT, JR.,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (5:15-hc-02283-FL)

Submitted: December 15, 2016 Decided: December 20, 2016

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Burnice Antwon Hinnant, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe 

DelForge, III, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, 

North Carolina, for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Burnice Antwon Hinnant, Jr., seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012)

petition. The notice of appeal was received in the district 

court shortly after expiration of the appeal period. Because 

Hinnant 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 Hinnant

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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