Case Name: Benjamin BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald ANGELONE, Director of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-02-08
Citations: 28 F. App'x 309
Docket Number: No. 01-7709
Parties: Benjamin BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald ANGELONE, Director of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 28
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
Benjamin BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald ANGELONE, Director of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 01-7709.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 28, 2002.
Decided Feb. 8, 2002.
Benjamin Brown, Appellant Pro Se.
Before WILLIAMS, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Benjamin Brown seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.2001). For the reasons set forth below, we vacate and remand for further proceedings.
The district court, acting sua sponte, determined from the face of Brown's petition that his claims were barred by the one-year limitations period set forth in 28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d) (West Supp.2001) and dismissed the action without giving Brown notice or an opportunity to respond. Our recent decision in Hill v. Braxton, 277 F.3d 701 (4th Cir.2002), now requires the district court to provide such a warning "unless it is indisputably clear from the materials presented to the district court that the petition is untimely and cannot be salvaged by equitable tolling principles or any of the circumstances enumerated in § 2244(d)(1)." Id. at 707.
Because it is not "indisputably clear" that Brown cannot salvage his petition, we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, grant a certificate of appealability, vacate the district court's order, and remand to the district court to provide Brown with the notice and opportunity to respond to which he is now entitled pursuant to Hill. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
VACATED AND REMANDED.