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Parties Involved:
Harold Clarke
Appellee
Willie Coley
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6135

WILLIE COLEY,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

HAROLD CLARKE,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District 

Judge. (2:14-cv-00120-AWA-DEM)

Submitted: June 29, 2015 Decided: July 9, 2015

Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Willie Coley, Appellant Pro Se. Lauren Catherine Campbell, OFFICE 

OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Willie Coley seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying 

relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. His notice of 

appeal was received in the district court shortly after expiration 

of the appeal period. Because Coley is incarcerated, the notice 

is considered filed as of the date it was properly delivered to 

prison officials for mailing to the court. See Fed. R. App. P. 

4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988). The record does 

not conclusively reveal when Coley delivered the notice of appeal 

to prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we grant leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis and 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 Fed. R. App. P. 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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