Clarence Harrison v. Tim Riley

644 F. App'x 230

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: April 8, 2016
• Docket: 15-7606
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Vacated and remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Clarence Austin Harrison appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The district court referred this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (2012). The magistrate judge recommended that Harrison’s § 2254 petition be denied. The magistrate judge advised Harrison that failure to file timely, specific objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the recommendation.

On September 11, 2015, the district court determined that no objections had been filed and, after reviewing the matter, adopted the magistrate judge’s recommendation and denied Harrison’s § 2254 petition. The record discloses, however, that Harrison timely filed objections to the magistrate judge’s report. *

Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, vacate the district court’s order, and remand for consideration of Harrison’s timely objections. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

VACATED AND REMANDED.

* The due date for filing objections to the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation was September 7, 2015, a federal holiday. Harrison’s objections were postmarked at the prison facility on September 8, 2015, and therefore deemed timely filed. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988) (deeming document filed when given to prison officials for mailing); Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(a) (excluding intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from computation of time).