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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Joseph Anthony Walker
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

 September 8, 2006

 Clerk, U. S. District Court

 U. S. DISTRICT COURT

 Hollings Judicial Center

 85 Broad Street

 Charleston, SC 29401

 Re: 06-6772 US v. Walker

 2:02-cr-00522-DCN

 Dear Clerk:

 Enclosed is an opinion of this Court remanding the case for

 limited purpose. Please return the record, as supplemented,

 to this Court after completing the determination on remand.

 Yours truly,

 PATRICIA S. CONNOR

 Clerk

 /s/ Lisa D. Nesbitt

 By: ________________________

 Deputy Clerk

 cc: Brent Alan Gray

 Joseph Anthony Walker

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-6772

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JOSEPH ANTHONY WALKER,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge.

(2:02-cr-00522-DCN)

Submitted: August 31, 2006 Decided: September 8, 2006

Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Joseph Anthony Walker, Appellant Pro Se. Brent Alan Gray, OFFICE

OF THE UNTIED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:

Joseph Anthony Walker appeals the district court’s order

denying his motion to modify his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)

(2000). In criminal cases, a defendant must file his notice of

appeal within ten days of the entry of judgment. Fed. R. App. P.

4(b)(1)(A). The district court, with or without a motion, may

grant an extension of time to file a notice of appeal of up to

thirty days upon a showing of excusable neglect or good cause.

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 March 31, 2006;

the ten-day appeal period expired on April 14, 2006. Walker filed

a notice of appeal after the ten-day appeal 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

Walker has shown excusable neglect or good cause warranting an

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

supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further

consideration.

REMANDED

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