UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-6800
NORMAN A. BRYSON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
MARTHA A. WANNAMAKER, Warden; CHARLES M.
CONDON, Attorney General of the State of South
Carolina,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge.
(CA-00-2831-2-19)
Submitted: September 28, 2001 Decided: November 5, 2001
Before WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Norman A. Bryson, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief
Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey Alan Jacobs, OFFICE OF THE ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Norman A. Bryson seeks to appeal the district court’s orders
denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West
1994 & Supp. 2001) and denying his motion to alter or amend. We
have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion accepting
the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible
error. This was Bryson’s second § 2254 petition, and he did not
obtain permission from this Court to file the petition pursuant to
28 U.S.C.A. § 2244 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001). Further, the record
belies Bryson’s claim that his first petition was not decided on
the merits. Finally, Bryson cannot now challenge the decision in
the prior § 2254 petition. 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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