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Parties Involved:
Francis David Sherman
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7483

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

FRANCIS DAVID SHERMAN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, District 

Judge. (1:10-cr-00039-JPJ-RSB-1; 1:13-cv-80587-JPJ-RSB)

Submitted: November 19, 2015 Decided: November 24, 2015

Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Francis David Sherman, Appellant Pro Se. Zachary T. Lee, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Francis David Sherman appeals the district court’s order 

denying his motion to reopen the period to note an appeal from 

the district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2255 (2012) motion. Sherman’s motion asserted that he did not 

receive a copy of the district court’s order denying his 28 

U.S.C. § 2255 motion. Because Sherman filed his motion to 

reopen the period to note an appeal more than 180 days after the 

district court’s order denying his § 2255 motion, the district 

court lacked authority to reopen the appeal period. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 77(d)(2); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). 

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. 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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