UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-7460
WILLIAM JACKSON NEAL, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
DALLAS WEAVER; WAYNE MOORE, Superintendent of
Caswell Correctional Center; FRANKLIN FREEMAN,
Secretary of the North Carolina Department of
Correction,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CA-96-52-5-BR)
Submitted: September 22, 1998 Decided: October 22, 1998
Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Jackson Neal, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge,
III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh,
North 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. § 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. Neal v. Weaver, No. CA-96-52-5-BR (E.D.N.C. Sept. 11, 1997).
See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. ___, 1997 WL 338568 (U.S. June 23,
1997) (No. 96-6298). 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. The motions for remand and for a certificate of appeal-
ability are denied.
DISMISSED
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