UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6490
TARIF ABDULLAH,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
WARDEN, MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE;
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, District Judge.
(CA-97-1305-WMN)
Submitted: July 22, 1998 Decided: August 7, 1998
Before ERVIN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mark Lawrence Gitomer, CARDIN & GITOMER, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland,
for Appellant. 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 Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Tarif Abdullah 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 rea-
soning of the district court. Abdullah v. Warden, Maryland Correc-
tional Inst., No. CA-97-1305-WMN (D. Md. Mar. 4, 1998). 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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