Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry ZELAYA, a/k/a Homeboy, a/k/a Jose Manuel Alvarado, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-04
Citations: 565 F. App'x 164
Docket Number: No. 13-7812
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry ZELAYA, a/k/a Homeboy, a/k/a Jose Manuel Alvarado, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 565
Pages: 164–164

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry ZELAYA, a/k/a Homeboy, a/k/a Jose Manuel Alvarado, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-7812.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: April 1, 2014.
Decided: April 4, 2014.
Henry Zelaya, Appellant Pro Se. Laura Jean Gwinn, John Alexander Romano, Michael Stephen Warbel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; William Moomau, Office of the United States Attorney, James Marton Trusty, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland; Marianne Shelvey, Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before SHEDD and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Henry Zelaya seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. In civil cases in which the United States or its officer or agency is a party, parties have sixty days after the entry of the district court's final judgment or order to file a notice of appeal. Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1)(B). A district court may extend the time to file a notice of appeal upon a party's motion for an extension filed within thirty days after the expiration of the original appeal period and a showing of excusable neglect or good cause warranting an extension. Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(5)(A); Washington v. Bumgarner, 882 F.2d 899, 900-01 (4th Cir.1989).
Zelaya's sixty-day appeal period expired on October 22, 2013. Zelaya's notice of appeal was filed, at the earliest, on October 28, 2013, outside the sixty-day appeal period but within the thirty-day excusable neglect period. Because Zelaya indicated that he just learned of the disposition of his § 2255 motion and sought a copy of the district court's order, we construe Zelaya's notice of appeal as a Rule 4(a)(5) motion for extension of time.
Accordingly, we remand this case to the district court for the limited purpose of determining whether Zelaya has demonstrated excusable neglect or good cause warranting an will then be returned to this court for further consideration.
REMANDED.