US v. Albert Burge
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:09-cr-00017-GCM-DLH-1. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency [999992818]. Mailed to: Albert Charles Burgess, Jr. [16-7376]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7376
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ALBERT CHARLES BURGESS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Asheville.
Graham C. Mullen,
Senior District Judge. (1:09-cr-00017-GCM-DLH-1)
Submitted:
December 20, 2016
Decided:
December 22, 2016
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Albert Charles Burgess, Appellant Pro Se.
Kimlani M. Ford,
Cortney Randall, Edward R. Ryan, Assistant United States
Attorneys,
Charlotte,
North
Carolina;
Amy
Elizabeth
Ray,
Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Albert Charles Burgess, Jr., seeks to appeal his 292-month
sentence
imposed
possessing
sexually
visual
explicit
following
his
materials
depicting
conduct,
convictions
which
were
a
for
minor
shipped
knowingly
engaging
in
in
interstate
commerce via computer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B)
(2012),
and
knowingly
receiving
visual
materials
depicting
a
minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, which were shipped
in interstate commerce via computer, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2252(a)(2).
In
criminal
cases,
a
defendant
must
file
his
notice of appeal within 14 days after 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 30 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 the criminal judgment imposing
the 292-month sentence on August 27, 2010.
notice of appeal on September 30, 2016. 1
Burgess filed his
Because Burgess failed
to file a timely notice of appeal or obtain an extension of the
1
For the purpose of this appeal, we assume that the date
appearing on the notice of appeal is the earliest date it could
have been properly delivered to prison officials for mailing to
the court. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S.
266, 276 (1988).
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appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. 2
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.
DISMISSED
2
We note that the appeal period in a criminal case is not a
jurisdictional provision, but, rather, a claim-processing rule.
Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 209-14 (2007); United States v.
Urutyan, 564 F.3d 679, 685 (4th Cir. 2009).
Because Burgess’
appeal is inordinately late, and its consideration is not in the
best interest of judicial economy, we exercise our inherent
power to dismiss it.
United States v. Mitchell, 518 F.3d 740,
744, 750 (10th Cir. 2008).
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