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Parties Involved:
Carl Blaise
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6431

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CARL BLAISE,

Defendant – Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior 

District Judge. (1:01-cr-00371-CMH-1)

Submitted: July 23, 2015 Decided: August 11, 2015

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Carl Blaise, Appellant Pro Se. Dennis Michael Kennedy, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Carl Blaise seeks to appeal his sentence. In criminal 

cases, the defendant must file the notice of appeal within 

fourteen days after the entry of judgment.* Fed. R. App. P. 

4(b)(1)(A). With or without a motion, upon a showing of 

excusable neglect or good cause, the district court may grant an

extension of up to thirty days to file a notice of appeal. Fed. 

R. App. P. 4(b)(4); United States v. Reyes, 759 F.2d 351, 353 

(4th Cir. 1985). The district court entered judgment on 

September 16, 2006. The notice of appeal was filed on March 16, 

2015. Because Blaise failed to file a timely notice of appeal 

or to obtain an extension of the appeal period, we dismiss the 

appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and 

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

before this court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

DISMISSED

 * When Blaise’s criminal judgment was entered the appeal 

period was ten days. 

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