UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-6054
COSMO THOMAS CAPORASSO,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
JAMES B. FRENCH, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee,
and
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Durham. Frank W. Bullock, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-99-219-1, CA-99-220-1, CA-99-221-1)
Submitted: May 25, 2000 Decided: June 5, 2000
Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John David Bryson, WYATT, EARLY, HARRIS & WEAVER, L.L.P., High
Point, North Carolina, for Appellant. Clarence Joe DelForge, III,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Cosmo Thomas Caporasso seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
(West 1994 & Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the record and the
district court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the
magistrate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we
deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the
reasoning of the district court. See Caporasso v. Attorney General
of North Carolina, Nos. CA-99-219-1; CA-99-220-1; CA-99-221-1
(M.D.N.C. Nov. 22, 1999).* We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
*
Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on
November 19, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on November 22, 1999. Pursuant to
Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is
the date that the order was entered on the docket sheet that we
take as the effective date of the district court’s decision. Wilson
v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
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