UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6858
FRANK ROBERT WEST, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
Versus
RONALD ANGELONE, Director, Department of
Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CA-98-160-AM)
Submitted: October 8, 1998 Decided: Octcober 26, 1998
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Frank Robert West, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent,
Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Frank West appeals 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. Inmates have no protected liberty
interest in remaining in or being assigned to a particular good
conduct allowance level,* and thus West was not entitled to a due
process hearing prior to the change in his good conduct status.
Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal on the reasoning of the district court. West v. Angelone,
No. CA-98-160-AM (E.D. Va. Feb. 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
*
See James v. Robinson, 863 F. Supp. 275 (E.D. Va.), aff’d,
45 F.3d 426 (4th Cir. 1994) (unpublished).
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