UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-7428
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
TOY BURTRON MADDEN,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge.
(CR-94-440-JFM, CA-99-2580-JFM)
Submitted: February 10, 2000 Decided: February 14, 2000
Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Toy Burtron Madden, Appellant Pro Se. Joyce Kallam McDonald, As-
sistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Toy Burtron Madden seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.
1999). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s
opinion and find no reversible error. Madden’s conviction became
final on October 7, 1996, the day on which the Supreme Court denied
his petition for certiorari. Therefore, the 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255
motion Madden filed on August 23, 1999, was barred by the one-year
limitations period of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. Accordingly, we deny a
certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We deny
Madden’s motion for appointment of counsel. 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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