Howard v. Saunders

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 01-7059

RONALD NATHAN HOWARD,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

LONNIE M. SAUNDERS, Warden,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior
District Judge. (CA-00-663-3)

Submitted: September 28, 2001 Decided: October 31, 2001

Before WILKINS, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald Nathan Howard, Appellant Pro Se. Linwood Theodore Wells,
Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

Ronald Nathan Howard seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254

(West 1994 & Supp. 2001). We have reviewed the record and the

district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. According-

ly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal

on the reasoning of the district court. Howard v. Saunders, No.

CA-00-663-3 (E.D. Va. May 15, 2001). We dispense with oral argu-

ment 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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