UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7442
KENNETH HARDY,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
STAN K. YOUNG,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CA-00-251)
Submitted: March 22, 2001 Decided: March 28, 2001
Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kenneth Hardy, Appellant Pro Se. Hazel Elizabeth Shaffer, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Kenneth Hardy seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West
1994 & Supp. 2000). We have reviewed the record and find that
Hardy’s petition was not timely filed. 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2244(d),
2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2000); Harris v. Hutchinson, 209 F.3d 325,
328 & n.1 (4th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, we deny a certificate of
appealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argu-
ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately pre-
sented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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