UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6608
MARK WILLIAM COLE,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
LONNIE M. SAUNDERS, Warden, Augusta
Correctional Center,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, Chief District
Judge. (CA-01-395-7)
Submitted: August 27, 2002 Decided: September 6, 2002
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David Bernard Hargett, HARGETT & WATSON, P.L.C., Richmond,
Virginia, for Appellant. Donald Eldridge Jeffrey, III, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Mark William Cole seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000).
We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and
conclude on the reasoning of the district court that Cole has not
made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
See Cole v. Saunders, No. CA-01-395-7 (W.D. Va. Mar. 27, 2002).
Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal. 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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