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Parties Involved:
Frank Bishop
Appellee
Fernando Grady Horton
Appellant
The Attorney General of the State of Maryland
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6695

FERNANDO GRADY HORTON,

 Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

FRANK BISHOP, Warden; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF 

MARYLAND,

 Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District 

Judge. (1:13-cv-03538-WDQ)

Submitted: August 28, 2015 Decided: September 1, 2015

Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Fernando Grady Horton, Appellant Pro Se. Edward John Kelley, 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, 

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Fernando Grady Horton seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing Horton’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The 

notice of appeal was received in this court shortly after 

expiration of the appeal period. Because Horton is 

incarcerated, the notice is considered filed as of the date it 

was properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the 

court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 

(1988). The record does not reveal when Horton gave the notice 

of appeal to prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we 

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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