UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7616
JEROME ALEXANDER RIDDICK,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
WARDEN OF BRUNSWICK CORRECTIONAL CENTER,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CA-98-465-AM)
Submitted: March 11, 1999 Decided: March 18, 1999
Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jerome Alexander Riddick, Appellant Pro Se. Marla Graff Decker,
Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Jerome Alexander Riddick appeals the district court’s order
granting Respondent’s motion to dismiss and 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 dis-
trict court. See Riddick v. Warden of Brunswick Correctional Ctr,
No. CA-98-465-AM (E.D. Va. Oct. 13, 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
*
Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on
October 9, 1998, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on October 13, 1998. Pursuant to Rules
58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the
date that the 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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