UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6027
GEORGE W. BALDWIN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL; JAMES FRENCH,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr.,
District Judge. (CA-97-142-2)
Submitted: April 16, 1998 Decided: May 1, 1998
Before WILKINS and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
George W. Baldwin, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Jo 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 appeals from the district court's order denying
relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 &
Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's
opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap-
pealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. Baldwin v. North Carolina Attorney Gen., No. CA-97-142-2
(M.D.N.C. Dec. 22, 1997). 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
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