UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-6217
HAROLD P. RICHARDSON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-00-89)
Submitted: June 21, 2001 Decided: June 28, 2001
Before WIDENER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Harold P. Richardson, Appellant Pro Se. Marla Graff Decker, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Harold P. Richardson seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’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 the
magistrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accord-
ingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal on the reasoning of the magistrate judge. Richardson v.
Director, Dep’t of Corr., No. CA-00-89 (E.D. Va. Dec. 18, 2000).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-
tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court
and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
*
The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994).
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