UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6432
RASHID QAWI AL-AMIN, a/k/a Donald T. Jones,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia
Department of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District
Judge. (CA-01-348-2)
Submitted: June 24, 2002 Decided: July 18, 2002
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Rashid Qawi Al-Amin, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Rashid Qawi Al-Amin appeals from the district court’s order
adopting the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and
denying Al-Amin’s 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001)
petition. We have reviewed the record on appeal and find no
reversible error. Thus, we deny a certificate of appealability and
dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning of the district
court. Al-Amin v. Angelone, No. CA-01-348-2 (E.D. Va. Feb. 14,
2002). In addition, we find that the state court’s determination
that Al-Amin’s confession was not obtained in violation of his
right to counsel was not unreasonable and that the state court
employed the correct legal standard in making this determination.
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
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