Brooks v. Bird

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Brooks v. Bird, 158 F. App'x 427 (4th Cir. 2005)

Brooks v. Bird

Opinion

*428 PER CURIAM:

Jay Mikal Brooks appeals the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action for failing to apprise the district court of a new address. This court remanded for a determination of whether the district court would extend the time for filing Brooks’s notice of appeal pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(5). The district court found good cause for an extension of time. The court also noted that, pursuant to our decision in Fobian v. Storage Tech. Corp., 164 F.3d 887, 891 (4th Cir. 1999), it would be inclined to grant a motion to reopen the action. Brooks has now filed a motion to reopen in the district court and a motion to remand in this court. We grant the motion, and remand for the limited purpose of consideration of the merits of Brooks’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion. See Fobian, 164 F.3d at 892. We express no opinion of the merits of the motion. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

REMANDED

Reference

Full Case Name
Jay Mikal BROOKS, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. BIRD, Deputy; Fitzgerald, Sargeant; Deputy Batch, Classification Officer, Defendants—Appellees
Status
Unpublished