UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-7264
PAUL W. FERRELL,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
WILLIAM C. DUNCIL,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Elkins. Robert Earl Maxwell, Senior
District Judge. (CA-97-79-2)
Submitted: March 20, 2000 Decided: September 12, 2000
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lonnie C. Simmons, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant.
Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Barbara H. Allen, Man-
aging Deputy Attorney General, Allen H. Loughry II, Assistant
Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Paul W. Ferrell appeals 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 and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on
the reasoning of the district court. See Ferrell v. Duncil, No.
CA-97-79-2 (N.D.W. Va. Aug. 16, 1999). 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.
AFFIRMED
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