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235 F. App'x 178

Shafer v. Price

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided August 17, 2007

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2007-08-17

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Heck v. Humphrey · Houston v. Lack

Decided 2007-08-17

PER CURIAM:

¶1P. Mark Shafer seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing Shafer’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). The notice of appeal was received in the district court shortly after expiration of the appeal period. Because Shafer is incarcerated, the notice 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 Shafer 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 Fed. R.App. P. 4(c)(1) and Houston v. Lack. The record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court for further consideration.

¶2REMANDED.

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