Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sylvester PULLIAM, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-11-12
Citations: 80 F. App'x 539
Docket Number: No. 03-2058
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sylvester PULLIAM, Appellant.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 80
Pages: 539–540

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sylvester PULLIAM, Appellant.
No. 03-2058.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 6, 2003.
Decided Nov. 12, 2003.
Paul W. Hahn, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cape Girardeau, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Sylvester Pulliam, pro se, Forrest City, AR, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Sylvester Pulliam appeals following the district court's denial of Pulliam's motion to dismiss his two-count indictment for distributing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), contending the district court erroneously declined to construe his motion as a notice of appeal under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a). The district court did not commit error because Pulliam filed his motion two years after he was sentenced, which was too late for the timely filing of a notice of appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(b)(1)(a)(i); United States v. Auman, 8 F.3d 1268, 1271 (8th Cir.1993) (district court does not have authority under § 3742 to review final sentence).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.