Opinion ID: 729937
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Rodgers's Motion to Reopen Is a Collateral Attack.

Text: 18 Because the district court had jurisdiction to resentence Rodgers on October 28 and because Rodgers failed to file a timely notice of appeal from the reinstated sentence, we conclude that Rodgers's second motion to reopen judgment was a collateral attack pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. On October 30, judgment was entered on Rodgers's sentence. From that date, Rodgers had 10 days within which to appeal. Fed.R.App.P. 4(b). On November 9, the district court granted Rodgers's request for a 10-day extension within which to file a direct appeal. Rodgers, however, failed to file a notice of appeal within the extended period. Because timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional, United States v. Ferraro, 992 F.2d 10, 11 (2d Cir.1993), Rodgers was precluded from pursuing a direct appeal after November 19. Thus, having allowed the time for a direct appeal to lapse, Rodgers's November 25 motion to reopen judgment could only have been a collateral attack pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Although Rodgers now disavows the position that he took in the district court--that the November 25 motion was just such a collateral attack--we agree with the district court that Rodgers was correct the first time. 19