UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6323
LOUIS C. JOHNSON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
FREDERICK GREEN, Warden, Brunswick Correction-
al Center; JAMES S. GILMORE, III, Attorney
General for the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, District Judge.
(CA-97-264)
Submitted: November 19, 1998 Decided: December 1, 1998
Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Edwin Frederick Brooks, JACKSON, PICKUS & ASSOCIATES, Richmond,
Virginia, for Appellant. Linwood Theodore Wells, Jr., Assistant
Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Louis C. Johnson 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
reasoning of the district court. Johnson v. Green, No. CA-97-264
(E.D. Va. Feb. 5, 1998).* 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
*
Johnson filed the subject petition on April 11, 1997, within
the one-year limitations period of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d) (West
Supp. 1998). See Brown v. Angelone, 150 F.3d 370, 375 (4th Cir.
1998).
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