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Parties Involved:
Willie Barrett
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-8264

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

WILLIE BARRETT,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Greenville. Malcolm J. Howard, 

Senior District Judge. (4:04-cr-00087-H-3)

Submitted: February 18, 2010 Decided: February 26, 2010

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Willie Barrett, Appellant Pro Se. Anne Margaret Hayes, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Willie Barrett seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order denying his motions for clarification of sentence, for 

transcripts, and to proceed in forma pauperis. In criminal 

cases, the defendant must file the notice of appeal within ten 

days after the entry of judgment. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A).1

The district court entered judgment on August 4, 2009. 

The notice of appeal was filed on November 4, 2009.

 

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).

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 1 Rule 4(b)(1)(A) was amended effective December 1, 2009, to 

provide a period of fourteen calendar days to file a notice of 

appeal. This amendment does not affect the timeliness of 

Barrett’s notice of appeal.

 Because 

Barrett 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 

2 For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date 

appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could 

have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to 

the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 

(1988).

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contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the 

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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