UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-7323
KEVIN EARNEST COX,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Department
of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. James E. Bradberry, Magistrate
Judge. (CA-00-778-2)
Submitted: October 24, 2001 Decided: November 13, 2001
Before WILKINS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kevin Earnest Cox, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen R. McCullough, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Kevin Earnest Cox seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’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 mag-
istrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on
the reasoning of the magistrate judge. See Cox v. Angelone, No.
CA-00-778-2 (E.D. Va. July 11, 2001). 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
*
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994), Cox waived his right
to proceed before a United States district judge and consented to
have a United States magistrate judge conduct all proceedings in
this case.
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