UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7712
JAMES LARRY OWENS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
THOMAS CORCORAN, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
Respondents - Appellees.
No. 98-7791
JAMES LARRY OWENS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
THOMAS CORCORAN, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-98-
2504-L)
Submitted: January 7, 1999 Decided: January 21, 1999
Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Larry Owens, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., At-
torney General, Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
James Larry Owens seeks to appeal the district court’s orders
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 opinions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we
deny Owens’s motion for a certificate of appealability and dismiss
the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. See Owens v.
Corcoran, No. CA-98-2504-L (D. Md. Sept. 25 & Nov. 19, 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
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Although the district court’s judgment or order is marked as
“filed” on November 18, 1998, the district court’s records show
that it was entered on the docket sheet on November 19, 1998.
Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, it is the date that the judgment or order was entered on
the docket sheet that we take as the effective date of the district
court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35
(4th Cir. 1986).
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