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Parties Involved:
Tavon McPhaul
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-4172

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TAVON MCPHAUL, a/k/a Block,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. Marvin J. Garbis, Senior District 

Judge. (1:12-cr-00616-MJG-3)

Submitted: November 7, 2014 Decided: November 20, 2014

Before WYNN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Beth M. Farber, HARRIS O’BRIEN, New York, New York, for 

Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Benjamin 

M. Block, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Tavon McPhaul seeks to appeal his conviction and 

sentence. The Government has moved to dismiss the appeal as 

untimely. In criminal cases, the defendant must file the notice 

of appeal within fourteen days after the entry of judgment. 

Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A). With or without a motion, upon a 

showing of excusable neglect or good cause, the district court 

may grant an extension of up to thirty days to file a notice of 

appeal. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4); United States v. Reyes, 759 

F.2d 351, 353 (4th Cir. 1985).

The district court entered judgment on January 13, 

2014. McPhaul filed the notice of appeal on February 26, 2014,

after the fourteen-day period expired but within the thirty-day 

excusable neglect period. Because the notice of appeal was 

filed within the excusable neglect period, we remand the case to 

the district court for the court to determine whether McPhaul

has shown excusable neglect or good cause warranting an 

extension of the fourteen-day appeal period. The record, as 

supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further 

consideration. We defer action on the Government’s motion to 

dismiss the appeal.

REMANDED

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