United States v. Vick

614 F. App'x 679

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: August 31, 2015
• Docket: No. 15-6457
• Status: Published

Opinion

Remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Arthur Tracy Vick seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The notice of appeal and motion for a certificate of appealability were received in the district court after expiration of the appeal period. Because Vick is incarcerated, the notice of appeal is considered filed as of the date it was properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. Fed. R.App. P. 4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988). The record does not reveal when Vick gave the notice of appeal to prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we remand the case for the limited purpose of allowing the district court to obtain this information from the parties 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.