UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-7719
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
CHRISTOPHER K. WILLIAMS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Newport News. Jerome B. Friedman, District
Judge. (CR-98-34, CA-00-38-4)
Submitted: February 15, 2002 Decided: March 11, 2002
Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher K. Williams, Appellant Pro Se. James Ashford Metcalfe,
Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Christopher K. Williams appeals the district court’s orders
denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.
2001), and denying his motion for reconsideration. We have re-
viewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no
reversible error.* Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal-
ability and dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning of
the district court. See United States v. Williams, Nos. CR-98-34;
CA-00-38-4 (E.D. Va. Aug. 7, 2001; Sept. 10, 2001). 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
*
Although we disagree with the district court’s conclusion
that the motion for reconsideration was not timely filed, Fed. R.
Civ. P. 6(a), 52(b), the district court alternately concluded, and
we agree, that the motion was meritless.
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