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Maurice Stewart, Jr. v. Frank Bishop, 19-6888 (2019)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 19-6888 Visitors: 15
Filed: Nov. 13, 2019
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-6888 MAURICE BERNARD STEWART, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. FRANK BISHOP, Warden; BRUCE LILLER, Mental Health Professional Counselor - Advanced; CCMS II CHARLOTTE ZIES; SOCIAL WORKER I MONICA WILSON; CCMS II SHAYLA LEASE; LT. BRADLEY WILT, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cv-3009-JFM) Submitted: N
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                                     UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                                       No. 19-6888


MAURICE BERNARD STEWART, JR.,

                     Plaintiff - Appellant,

              v.

FRANK BISHOP, Warden; BRUCE LILLER, Mental Health Professional
Counselor - Advanced; CCMS II CHARLOTTE ZIES; SOCIAL WORKER I
MONICA WILSON; CCMS II SHAYLA LEASE; LT. BRADLEY WILT,

                     Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J.
Frederick Motz, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cv-3009-JFM)


Submitted: November 5, 2019                                 Decided: November 13, 2019


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


Remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Maurice Bernard Stewart, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

       Maurice Bernard Stewart, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting

summary judgment to the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action. The order

was entered on February 17, 2017, and Stewart had 30 days to file a notice of appeal. See

Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). Because Stewart is incarcerated, the notice is considered filed

as of the date it was delivered to prison officials for mailing to the court. Fed. R. App. P.

4(c)(1); Houston v. Lack, 
487 U.S. 266
, 276 (1988). In correspondence received by the

district court on May 26, 2017, and in his subsequent notice of appeal received by this court

on June 21, 2019, Stewart claimed that he timely filed a notice of appeal on February 28,

2017, by giving it to prison officials for mailing in accordance with Rule 4(c)(1). The

record does not include any earlier notice of appeal or reveal when or if it was given to

prison officials for mailing. Accordingly, we remand this case for the limited purpose of

allowing the district court to obtain this information from the parties and to determine

whether the notice of appeal was timely filed under Rule 4(c)(1) and Houston v. Lack. The

record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further consideration.

                                                                               REMANDED




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