UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6423
ROBERT S. MARKS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
WILLIAM C. DUNCIL,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Huntington. Joseph Robert Goodwin,
District Judge. (CA-95-304-3)
Submitted: October 3, 1996 Decided: October 10, 1996
Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert S. Marks, Appellant Pro Se. Silas Bent Taylor, Deputy
Attorney General, Charleston, West 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 order denying
relief on his habeas petition brought 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 accepting the recommenda-
tion of the magistrate judge and find no reversible error. Accord-
ingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause; to the extent that
a certificate of appealability is required, we deny such a certifi-
cate. We dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.
Marks v. Duncil, No. CA-95-304-3 (S.D.W. Va. Feb. 13, 1996). 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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