UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-7271
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
JOHN PATRICK MCSHEFFREY,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Robert E. Payne, District Judge.
(CR-92-76-N)
Submitted: September 10, 1998 Decided: September 22, 1998
Before MURNAGHAN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Patrick McSheffrey, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Anthony Exley,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 closing
his criminal and 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998)
actions and imposing a prefiling injunction. 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. United
States v. McSheffrey, No. CR-92-76-N (E.D. Va. Aug. 18, 1997). We
deny all of Appellant’s outstanding motions, including his motions
to appoint counsel, for sanctions, to construe this case as a
direct appeal, to clarify, for retention of the record, and to
place this case in abeyance. We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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