UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6067
SHAWN CRAWFORD ALLEN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
JOHN JAKE, Acting Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CA-97-598)
Submitted: July 2, 1998 Decided: July 22, 1998
Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joseph Dee Morrissey, Jonathan Stanley David, MORRISSEY, HERSHNER
& JACOBS, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Linwood Theodore
Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Shawn Crawford Allen seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
(West 1994 & Supp. 1998). 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 district court. Allen v. Jake, No. CA-97-598
(E.D. Va. Dec. 9, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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