UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6083
MICHAEL ELANDOUS JOHNSON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
CHARLES HILL,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Chief District
Judge. (CA-95-559-5-HC-F)
Submitted: December 10, 1996 Decided: January 13, 1997
Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael Elandous Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge,
III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh,
North Carolina, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994).* We
have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find
no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of prob-
able cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the
district court. Johnson v. Hill, No. CA-95-559-5-HC-F (E.D.N.C.
Jan. 5, 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
*
Effective April 26, 1996, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was amended by
the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L.
No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. Because Johnson filed this appeal
prior to the Act's enactment, we need not consider what effect the
Act would have on this appeal.
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