United States v. Frank

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 96-6896 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus DANIEL LEE FRANK, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CR-93-165, CA-96-234-2) Submitted: December 12, 1996 Decided: December 19, 1996 Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Daniel Lee Frank, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Edward Bradenham II, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia; Michael James Cummings, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Virginia Beach, 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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994), amended by Antiter- rorism 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 substantially on the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Frank, Nos. CR-93-165; CA-96-234-2 (E.D. Va. Apr. 18, 1996). Appellants' claims were either raised and rejected on direct appeal, Boecken- haupt v. United States, 537 F.2d 1182, 1183 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 863 (1976), or were nonconstitutional claims that could have been raised on direct appeal but were not. Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 477 n.10 (1976). 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 2