Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Franklin CASSELL, a/k/a Rabbit, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-10-15
Citations: 20 F. App'x 224
Docket Number: No. 01-4066
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Franklin CASSELL, a/k/a Rabbit, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 20
Pages: 224–225

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Franklin CASSELL, a/k/a Rabbit, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-4066.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 28, 2001.
Decided Oct. 15, 2001.
Danny T. Ferguson, Winston-Salem, NC, for appellant. Benjamin H. White, Jr., United States Attorney, Steven H. Levin, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, NC, for appellee.
Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
The notice of appeal in this case was received in the district court shortly after expiration of the appeal period. Under Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2879, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), the notice is considered filed as of the date Appellant delivered it to prison officials for forwarding to the court. The record does not reveal when Appellant delivered the notice of appeal for mailing to the court. Accordingly, we remand the case for the district court to obtain this information from the parties and determine the timeliness of the filing under Houston v. Lack and consider whether Appellant's notice may be construed as a motion pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 4(b)(4). The record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further consideration.
REMANDED.