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Parties Involved:
Gokhan Bergal
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6071

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

GOKHAN BERGAL,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, District Judge. (1:13-

cr-00012-JKB-5)

Submitted: April 21, 2016 Decided: April 26, 2016

Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gokhan Bergal, Appellant Pro Se. Andrea L. Smith, OFFICE OF THE 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Gokhan Bergal appeals the district court’s order denying his 

motion for an extension of time to appeal the court’s August 6, 

2015, order denying his motions for a sentence reduction under 18 

U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012). Bergal did not seek an extension of 

time until November 13, nearly two months after the expiration of 

the excusable neglect period. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A), 

(4); cf. Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988) (holding that 

prisoner’s notice of appeal is deemed filed on date he delivered 

it to prison officials for mailing to court). Because the district 

court was without authority to grant Bergal’s motion, we affirm 

the court’s judgment. 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.

AFFIRMED

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