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Parties Involved:
Celso Cervantes-Hernandez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-7199

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

CELSO CERVANTES-HERNANDEZ,

Defendant – Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at New Bern. Louise W. Flanagan, 

Chief District Judge. (7:03-cr-00075-FL-2)

Submitted: December 21, 2010 Decided: January 4, 2011

Before NIEMEYER and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Celso Cervantes-Hernandez, Appellant Pro Se. Steve R. Matheny, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for 

Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Celso Cervantes-Hernandez seeks to appeal his 

conviction and sentence. In criminal cases where judgment was 

entered prior to December 1, 2009, the defendant must file a

notice of appeal within ten 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

February 19, 2004. The notice of appeal was filed more than six 

years later on August 26, 2010. Because Cervantes-Hernandez

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 the 

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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