Larry Edwin Patterson v. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Director

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-6896
LARRY EDWIN PATTERSON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Director,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief
District Judge. (3:95-cv-00335-JRS)
Submitted: September 26, 2006 Decided: October 2, 2006
Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Larry Edwin Patterson, Appellant Pro Se. Robert H. Anderson III,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Larry Edwin Patterson filed a notice of appeal, alleging
that the district court “ignored” his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion
for reconsideration of the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000)
petition. Subsequently, the district court denied the petition,
and Patterson did not file another notice of appeal. Patterson’s
premature notice of appeal is ineffective to appeal the subsequent
order by the district court. In re Bryson, 406 F.3d 284, 288-89
(4th Cir. 2005) (outlining circumstances when a premature notice of
appeal will be considered effective). Because Patterson did not
appeal an actual order by the district court, we dismiss the
appeal. 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.
DISMISSED

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