Whitmore v. Condon

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 02-7199 KEDRIC LAMAR WHITMORE, Petitioner - Appellant, versus CHARLES MOLONY CONDON, Attorney General of South Carolina, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Terry L. Wooten, District Judge. (CA-01-4407-3-24BC) Submitted: October 10, 2002 Decided: October 21, 2002 Before WILLIAMS, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kedric Lamar Whitmore, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Kedric Lamar Whitmore appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). We have reviewed the record accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and conclude that Whitmore has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See Whitmore v. Condon, No. CA-01-4407-3-24BC (D.S.C. July 31, 2002). Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal for the reasons stated by the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) (2000). 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 2