UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-7881
THOMAS ELMORE BARKSDALE,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
SEWALL B. SMITH, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CA-
97-1119-PJM)
Submitted: April 29, 1998 Decided: May 15, 1998
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas Elmore Barksdale, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran,
Jr., Attorney General, David Jonathan Taube, Assistant Attorney
General, Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals 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
and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of
appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the dis-
trict court. Barksdale v. Smith, No. CA-97-1119-PJM (D. Md. Nov.
21, 1997). 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
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Barksdale v. Smith
Combined Opinion