UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 95-6088
JOSEPH MICHAEL BURNS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia
Department of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Henry C. Morgan, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-93-283-N)
Submitted: September 26, 1995 Decided: January 11, 1996
Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joseph Michael Burns, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying
relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition and denying recon-
sideration thereof. We have reviewed the record and the district
court's opinions adopting in material part the magistrate judge's
recommendation and denying reconsideration and find no reversible
error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to ap-
peal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.
Burns v. Angelone, No. CA-93-283-N (E.D. Va. Oct. 21 & Dec. 22,
1994). 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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