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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,              
                 Plaintiff-Appellee,
                 v.                              No. 01-6018
SEAN ANDRE WILSON,
             Defendant-Appellant.
                                       
           Appeal from the United States District Court
            for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
             J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge.
                         (CR-90-135-JFM)

                      Submitted: March 13, 2001

                       Decided: May 10, 2001

        Before NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges, and
               HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

                             COUNSEL

Sean Andre Wilson, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See
Local Rule 36(c).
2                     UNITED STATES v. WILSON
                             OPINION

PER CURIAM:

   Sean Andre Wilson seeks to appeal the district court’s order deny-
ing his motion for reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C.A. § 3582
(West 2000). In criminal cases, the defendant must file his notice of
appeal within ten days of the entry of judgment. Fed. R. App. P.
4(b)(1)(A); United States v. Alvarez, 210 F.3d 309, 310 (5th Cir.
2000) (holding that § 3582 proceeding is criminal in nature and ten-
day appeal period applies and collecting cases adopting rule). With or
without a motion, the district court may grant an extension of time to
file of up to thirty days upon a showing of excusable neglect or good
cause. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4); United States v. Reyes, 759 F.2d 351,
353 (4th Cir. 1985).

   The district court entered its order on December 8, 2000, see Fed.
R. App. P. 4(b)(6); the ten-day appeal period expired on December
18, 2000. Under Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988), Wilson
filed his notice of appeal after the ten-day appeal period expired but
within the thirty-day excusable neglect period. Because Wilson’s
notice of appeal was filed within the excusable neglect period, we
remand the case to the district court for the court to determine
whether Wilson has shown excusable neglect or good cause warrant-
ing an extension of the ten-day appeal period. The record, as supple-
mented, will then be returned to this court for further consideration.

                                                        REMANDED