UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7532
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RICHARD L. DIXON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Elizabeth V. Hallanan,
Senior District Judge. (CR-96-191, CA-99-1011-2)
Submitted: April 27, 2001 Decided: June 7, 2001
Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Clayton Reed Kaeiser, Miami, Florida, for Appellant. Michael Lee
Keller, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West
Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Richard L. Dixon seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.
2000). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin-
ion agreeing with the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of
appealability and dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning
of the district court. United States v. Dixon, Nos. CR-96-191; CA-
99-1011-2 (S.D.W. Va. Sept. 7, 2000). We decline to consider
Dixon’s claims that he was denied effective assistance of counsel
on direct appeal because he failed to raise these claims in the
district court. Muth v. United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir.
1993). 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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