UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6771
JOHN WESTLEY LEE, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
EUGEN M. NUTH; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR.,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (CA-95-
3684-CCB)
Submitted: September 20, 1996 Decided: October 2, 1996
Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Westley Lee, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr.,
Attorney General, Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying
relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), amended
by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L.
No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. We have reviewed the record and the
district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on
the reasoning of the district court. Lee v. Nuth, No. CA-95-3684-
CCB (D. Md. Apr. 26, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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