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Parties Involved:
Correctional House
Appellee
Kelvin Watford
Appellant

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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

 September 29, 2006

 Fernando Galindo

 Eastern District of Virginia at Alexandria

 401 Courthouse Square

 Alexandria, VA 22314

 Re: 06-6177 Watford v. House

 1:04-cv-01526-GBL

 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/ Shirley J. Beasley

 By: ________________________

 Deputy Clerk

 cc: Kelvin Watford

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-6177

KELVIN WATFORD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

CORRECTIONAL HOUSE, Correctional Officer,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District

Judge. (1:04-cv-01526-GBL)

Submitted: September 26, 2006 Decided: September 29, 2006

Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kelvin Watford, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:

Kelvin Watford seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motion for reconsideration of the denial of 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 complaint. The notice of appeal was received in the

district court shortly after expiration of the appeal period.

Because Watford 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 Watford 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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