UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-6227
RENARD TYRONE MURRAY,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
ARCHIE GEE, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge.
(CA-96-2170-AW)
Submitted: June 24, 1997 Decided: September 16, 1997
Before MURNAGHAN, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Renard Tyrone Murray, Appellant Pro Se. 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Renard Tyrone Murray appeals from the district court's denial
of his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1997) motion. We
dismiss.
Murray contends that the magistrate judge and district court
erred in denying his motion under § 2254(d) because he was never
given a full and fair hearing on the facts by the state court on
the issue of whether his attorney was ineffective for failing to
pursue a motion to dismiss for speedy trial violations. We find
that even assuming Murray's allegation to be true, he has failed to
demonstrate prejudice under Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52 (1985),
because he has not shown a violation of either the Maryland Speedy
Trial Act or the speedy trial guarantee of the Sixth Amendment.
Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-
tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court
and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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