836 F.2d 545: Jackie D. Belland, Ii, Petitioner-appellant, v. John L. Cummings, Prosecuting Attorney of Cabell County,west Virginia, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Stateof West Virginia, Respondents-appellees

Jackie D. Belland II, a Louisiana inmate, seeks to appeal the district court's summary dismissal of his habeas corpus petition. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

Belland claims that under Article III of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD, 18 U.S.C.App.) he is entitled to a speedy resolution of the probation violation charge which was brought against him in West Virginia after his conviction in Louisiana.

Belland's petition was dismissed on April 3, 1987. On April 17, 1987, Belland filed a motion to amend and a notice of appeal. Under Dove v. CODESCO, 569 F.2d 807, 809 (4th Cir.1978), a post-judgment motion which is filed within ten days of the entry of judgment and calls into question the correctness of the judgment should be treated as a motion under Rule 59, Fed.R.Civ.P., however it is labeled. Excluding weekends, as required by Rule 6(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., Belland's motion to amend was filed within ten days of judgment. In effect, it asks the court to reconsider its judgment and must, therefore, be treated as a timely Rule 59 motion.

Belland filed his Rule 59 motion and his notice of appeal at the same time. Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(4) provides that a notice of appeal filed before disposition of the Rule 59 motion "shall have no effect." Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 61 (1982). If no new notice of appeal is filed after disposition of the Rule 59 motion, this Court lacks jurisdiction. Id.

Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal.* Because the dispositive issues have recently been decided authoritatively, we dispense with oral argument.

DISMISSED.