UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-7512
BRET MICHAEL BARRON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RALPH S. BEARDSLEY; CHARLES CONDON, Attorney
General of the State of South Carolina,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Anderson. Patrick Michael Duffy, District
Judge. (CA-02-2109-8-23BI)
Submitted: February 9, 2004 Decided: March 16, 2004
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Dewey Elliott, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.
Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South
Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Bret Michael Barron seeks to appeal the district court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
dismissing his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). We have
independently reviewed the record and conclude that Barron has not
made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003). Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. 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
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Barron v. Beardsley
Combined Opinion