UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7599
ISIAH JAMES, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
P. DOUGLAS TAYLOR, Warden; MICHAEL MOORE,
Director; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Rock Hill. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-98-742-0-13BD)
Submitted: January 21, 1999 Decided: February 9, 1999
Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Isiah James, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief
Deputy Attorney General, Lauri J. Soles, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Isiah James, Jr., appeals the district court’s orders (1) de-
nying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1994) petition, which the
district court properly construed as a petition under 28 U.S.C.A.
§ 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998), and (2) denying his motion filed
under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). We have reviewed the record, the
district court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the
magistrate judge to deny relief on the underlying petition, and the
court’s opinion denying James’ Rule 59(e) motion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal-
ability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. See James v. Taylor, No. CA-98-742-0-13BD (D.S.C. Aug. 18
& Sept. 29, 1998). 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.
DISMISSED
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