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Parties Involved:
Jeremy Lujan Aiken
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-6223

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JEREMY LUJAN AIKEN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg,

District Judge. (1:04-cr-00092-1)

Submitted: October 19, 2007 Decided: November 16, 2007

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jeremy Lujan Aiken, Appellant Pro Se. Jill Westmoreland Rose,

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Asheville, North Carolina,

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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*

We previously remanded to the district court for that court

to determine if excusable neglect existed to warrant extension of

the appeal period. While the court did not specifically state

whether Aiken had shown excusable neglect or good cause warranting

extension of the ten-day appeal period, we conclude from its order

that it intended its processing of Aiken’s otherwise untimely

notice of appeal to reflect its determination that Aiken be

accorded the benefit of the permitted extension of time.

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PER CURIAM:

Jeremy Lujan Aiken appeals the district court’s order

denying his motion to compel a substantial assistance motion.* We

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See

United States v. Aiken, No. 1:04-cr-00092-1 (W.D.N.C. Jan. 9,

2007). We deny Aiken’s motion to order an evidentiary hearing. We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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