United States v. Lantis Young

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-6932
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
LANTIS JETON YOUNG,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen,
Senior District Judge. (3:00-cr-00131-GCM-1)
Submitted: October 31, 2014 Decided: November 14, 2014
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lantis Jeton Young, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray,
Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Lantis Jeton Young seeks to appeal his life sentence
imposed in 2003. At the time Young’s judgment of conviction was
entered on the docket, the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
required a defendant in a criminal case to file his notice of
appeal within ten days of the entry of judgment. Fed. R.
App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i). With or without a motion, upon a showing
of excusable neglect or good cause, the district court may grant
an extension of up to thirty days to file a notice of appeal.
Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(4); United States v. Reyes, 759 F.2d 351,
353 (4th Cir. 1985).
The district court entered judgment on September 3,
2003. Young filed his notice of appeal, at the earliest, June
10, 2014. Because Young failed to file a timely notice of
appeal or to obtain an extension of the appeal period, we
dismiss the appeal as untimely. We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented
in the materials before this court.
DISMISSED
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