UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6526
JERRY RAYSOR,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
LAURIE F. BESSINGER, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Orangeburg. David C. Norton, District Judge.
(CA-97-600-5-18JI)
Submitted: August 27, 1998 Decided: September 17, 1998
Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jerry Raysor, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy
Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant 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 accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
find no reversible error. Although Appellant’s § 2254 petition was
not time barred, see Brown v. Angelone, ___ F.3d ___, 1998 WL
389030 (4th Cir. July 14, 1998) (Nos. 96-7173, 96-7208), we con-
clude that the court properly dismissed it on the merits. Accord-
ingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal. 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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