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Parties Involved:
Henry McMaster
Appellee
Jon Ozmint
Appellee
Andrew T. Swinton
Appellant

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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

 August 29, 2006

 TO: Andrew T. Swinton

 Donald John Zelenka, Esq.

 Enclosed is a copy of the Court's decision in

 Case Number(s): 06-6964

 PATRICIA S. CONNOR

 CLERK

 Enclosure(s)

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-6964

ANDREW T. SWINTON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

JON OZMINT, Director of SC Department of

Corrections; HENRY MCMASTER, Attorney General

for South Carolina,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina, at Florence. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District

Judge. (4:05-cv-2826-GRA)

Submitted: August 9, 2006 Decided: August 29, 2006

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Andrew T. Swinton, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief

Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:

Andrew T. Swinton seeks to appeal the district court’s

order accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and

dismissing as untimely Swinton’s petition filed under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 (2000). The notice of appeal was received in the district

court shortly after expiration of the appeal period. Because

Swinton is incarcerated, the notice is considered filed as of the

date it was properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to

the court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266

(1988). The record does not reveal when Swinton gave the notice of

appeal to prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we remand the

case for the limited purpose of allowing the district court to

obtain this information from the parties and to determine whether

the filing was timely under Rule 4(c)(1) and Houston v. Lack. The

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

further consideration.

REMANDED

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