
    UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Lane Leroy CLELLAND, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 01-35599.
    D.C. No. CV-01-00044-BLW CR-96-00114-BLW.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 22, 2002 .
    Decided July 30, 2002.
    Before BROWNING, KOZINSKI, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Lane Leroy Clelland, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging his jury trial convictions for firearm, drug, and destructive device violations. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo, United States v. Sanchez-Cervantes, 282 F.3d 664, 666 (9th Cir.2002), and we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Clelland contends that the district court erred in sua sponte dismissing his section 2255 motion for being untimely before giving him notice and an opportunity to be heard. The government correctly concedes that our subsequent decision in Herbst v. Cook, 260 F.3d 1039 (9th Cir. 2000) necessitates remand.

We express no opinion on the timeliness of the section 2255 motion. See id. at 1044 (deferring to the district court for development and assessment of facts).

REVERSED and REMANDED. 
      
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