UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-7589
JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE BUSH, President; STATE OF WEST
VIRGINIA; GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA; ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA; WARDEN
OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE PRISON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. W. Craig Broadwater,
District Judge. (CA-01-48-3)
Submitted: March 20, 2002 Decided: March 28, 2002
Before WILKINS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Robert Demos, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
John Robert Demos, Jr., appeals the district court’s order
denying his “Motion in Bar or in the Alternative a Special Motion.”
We have reviewed the record and the district court’s orders and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning
of the district court. See Demos v. Bush, No. CA-01-48-3 (N.D.W.
Va. Aug. 17, 2001). We note that, to the extent that Demos seeks
to challenge a Washington conviction, the federal district court in
the Southern District of West Virginia lacks jurisdiction to
consider a 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001) petition
challenging that conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d) (1994). We
deny the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 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
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