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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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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

 July 10, 2007

 Clerk, U. S. District Court

 Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston

 Room 2400

 300 Virginia Street, East

 Charleston, WV 25301

 Re: 06-7848 US v. Walker

 2:01-cr-00103

 2:03-2193

 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/ Pamela K. Stump

 By: ________________________

 Deputy Clerk

 cc: Ronald E. Walker

 Michael Lee Keller

 Samuel David Marsh

 Stephanie Lou Haines

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-7848

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

RONALD E. WALKER,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern

District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph Robert Goodwin,

District Judge. (2:01-cr-00103; 2:03-2193)

Submitted: May 23, 2007 Decided: July 10, 2007

Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and GREGORY, Circuit

Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald E. Walker, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Lou Haines, OFFICE OF

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Huntington, West Virginia; Michael Lee

Keller, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Samuel David Marsh,

Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Ronald E. Walker seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. The notice of

appeal was received in the district court shortly after expiration

of the appeal period. Because Walker 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 Walker 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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