UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-8014
STEPHEN LUCI,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
THOMAS L. MCBRIDE, Warden; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE
OF WEST VIRGINIA; DAVID BALLARD, Warden,
Respondents – Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. Robert E. Maxwell,
Senior District Judge. (3:07-cv-00011-REM-JES)
Submitted: May 18, 2009 Decided: June 9, 2009
Before MICHAEL, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Stephen Luci, Appellant Pro Se. Dawn Ellen Warfield, Deputy
Attorney General, Robert David Goldberg, Assistant Attorney
General, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Stephen Luci appeals the district court’s order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying
relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. Because the
district court granted a certificate of appealability, we review
all claims properly preserved by Luci on appeal on their merits.
We have thoroughly examined the record and find no reversible
error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the
district court. Luci v. McBride, No. 3:07-cv-00011-REM-JES
(N.D. W. Va. Aug. 26, 2008). Although we grant Luci’s motion to
exceed page limits for his informal brief, 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.
AFFIRMED
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