US v. Carl Blaise

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:01-cr-00371-CMH-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999638020]. Mailed to: Carl Blaise and Dennis Kennedy. [15-6431]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6431

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
CARL BLAISE,
Defendant – Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Claude M. Hilton, Senior
District Judge. (1:01-cr-00371-CMH-1)

Submitted:

July 23, 2015

Decided:

August 11, 2015

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Carl Blaise, Appellant
Assistant United States
Appellee.

Pro Se.
Attorney,

Dennis Michael Kennedy,
Alexandria, Virginia, for

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Carl
cases,

Blaise

the

seeks

defendant

to

appeal

must

file

his
the

sentence.
notice

fourteen days after the entry of judgment. *
4(b)(1)(A).

With

or

without

a

motion,

In

of

criminal

appeal

within

Fed. R. App. P.

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).

September 16, 2006.
2015.

The

district

court

entered

judgment

on

The notice of appeal was filed on March 16,

Because Blaise failed to file a timely notice of appeal

or to obtain an extension of the appeal period, we dismiss the
appeal.
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
DISMISSED

*

When Blaise’s criminal judgment was entered the appeal
period was ten days.

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