UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7770
EUGENE ARTHUR PORTER, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
H. R. POWELL, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior
District Judge. (CA-98-272-3)
Submitted: February 9, 1999 Decided: March 15, 1999
Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Reginald Moore Barley, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Hazel
Elizabeth Shaffer, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant 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 the
certificate of appealability and dismiss on the reasoning of the
district court. See Porter v. Powell, No. CA-98-272-3 (E.D. Va.
Dec. 3, 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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