UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-7694
RONALD A. WILSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SEWALL SMITH, Warden; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR.,
Attorney General of the State of Maryland,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-94-
824-L)
Submitted: May 28, 1998 Decided: June 9, 1998
Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ronald A. Wilson, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., At-
torney General, Mary Jennifer Landis, Assistant Attorney General,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Ronald A. Wilson seeks to appeal the district court's order
denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994)
(current version at 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998)).
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 probable
cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the
district court. Wilson v. Smith, No. CA-94-824-L (D. Md. Sept. 30,
1996). See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. __, 1997 WL 338568 (U.S.
June 23, 1997) (No. 96-6298). We dispense with oral argument be-
cause the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
the materials before the court and argument would not aid the deci-
sional process.
DISMISSED
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