UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6654
JAMES MCCOY HARRIS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL; TOM C.
MARTIN,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Salisbury. Paul Trevor Sharp, Magis-
trate Judge. (CA-95-759-1)
Submitted: December 12, 1996 Decided: December 18, 1996
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James McCoy Harris, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks to appeal the magistrate judge'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
magistrate judge's opinion and find no reversible error. Accord-
ingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal; to the
extent a certificate of appealability is required, we deny such
certificate. We dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the magis-
trate judge. Harris v. North Carolina Attorney General, No. CA-95-
759-1 (M.D.N.C. Mar. 22, 1996). We also deny Appellant's motion to
proceed in forma pauperis. 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
*
The parties consented to disposition by a magistrate judge
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994).
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