Case Name: John E. HARGROVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jacob FULLER; Nurse Erin; Nurse Jessica; Dr. Joe; King, c/o; Dr. Edwards; Dr. James; Miller, c/o, Defendants-Appellees, and Prime Care Medical Incorporated; Eastern Regional Jail; Chad; Rudloff, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-24
Citations: 408 F. App'x 675
Docket Number: No. 10-6604
Parties: John E. HARGROVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jacob FULLER; Nurse Erin; Nurse Jessica; Dr. Joe; King, c/o; Dr. Edwards; Dr. James; Miller, c/o, Defendants-Appellees, and Prime Care Medical Incorporated; Eastern Regional Jail; Chad; Rudloff, Defendants.
Judges: Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 408
Pages: 675–676

Head Matter:
John E. HARGROVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jacob FULLER; Nurse Erin; Nurse Jessica; Dr. Joe; King, c/o; Dr. Edwards; Dr. James; Miller, c/o, Defendants-Appellees, and Prime Care Medical Incorporated; Eastern Regional Jail; Chad; Rudloff, Defendants.
No. 10-6604.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 30, 2010.
Decided: Jan. 24, 2011.
John E. Hargrove, Appellant Pro Se. John Dorsey Hoffman, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia; Philip Cameron Petty, Rose Padden & Petty, LC, Fairmont, West Virginia; Chad Mario Cardinal, WV Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority, Charleston, West Virginia; Frederick W. Goundry, III, Varner & Goundry, Frederick, Maryland, for Appellees.
Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
John E. Hargrove sued several state officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006). He seeks to appeal the district court's February 10, 2010 judgment in favor of defendants. Thus, absent an extension or reopening of the appeal period, Hargrove had until March 12, 2010, in which to file a notice of appeal. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A).
The district court filed Hargrove's notice of appeal on April 20, 2010. Because Hargrove is a prisoner, the notice of appeal is considered filed as of the date it was properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988) (holding that pro se prisoners' notices of appeal are deemed filed upon delivery to prison authorities for forwarding to the district court). On this record, however, it is unclear when Hargrove delivered his notice of appeal to prison officials for mailing. While the possibility that Hargrove timely delivered his notice of appeal to prison officials on or before March 12, 2010, and that it took those officials until April 20, 2010, to deliver it to the district court appears remote, it is nevertheless a possibility.
Accordingly, we remand this matter for the limited purpose of allowing the district court to obtain from the parties information regarding when Hargrove provided his notice of appeal to prison officials for mailing and to determine whether the filing was timely under Rule 4(c)(1) and Houston v. Lack The record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further consideration.
REMANDED.