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Parties Involved:
Shane Mack Lowry
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

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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

 November 8, 2007

 Teresa L. Deppner

 U. S. DISTRICT COURT

 Federal Station Box 4128

 Bluefield, WV 24702

 Re: 07-6554 US v. Lowry

 1:02-cr-00003

 1:04-cv-00463

 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/ Taline Akseraylian

 By: ________________________

 Deputy Clerk

 cc: Michael Lee Keller

 John Lanier File

 Shane Mack Lowry

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-6554

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

SHANE MACK LOWRY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern

District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Chief

District Judge. (1:02-cr-00003; 1:04-cv-00463)

Submitted: October 5, 2007 Decided: November 8, 2007

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Shane Mack Lowry, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Lee Keller, OFFICE OF

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, John Lanier

File, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Beckley, West Virginia,

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Shane Mack Lowry seeks to appeal the district court’s

order of May 1, 2006, accepting the recommendation of the

magistrate judge and denying relief on his 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (2000)

motion. Following the district court’s order, Lowry filed a motion

for a certificate of appealability on June 6, 2006. Ten months

later, the district court construed Lowry’s motion as a notice of

appeal. Lowry failed to file his motion within the ten-day period

in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)(1)(A). However, 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. 4(b)(4); United

States v. Reyes, 759 F.2d 351, 353 (4th Cir. 1985). Lowry filed

his motion within the thirty-day excusable neglect period.

Accordingly, we remand the case to the district court for the court

to determine whether Lowry has shown excusable neglect or good

cause warranting an extension of the ten-day appeal period. The

record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court for

further consideration. 

REMANDED

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