UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-6309
RICHARD JOHNSON, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Department of
Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-98-756-3)
Submitted: June 17, 1999 Decided: June 24, 1999
Before MURNAGHAN and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Richard Johnson, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Richard Bain Smith, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Richard Johnson, Jr., seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s*
order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
(West 1994 & Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the record and the
magistrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accord-
ingly, we deny Johnson’s motion for a certificate of appealability
and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the magistrate judge.
See Johnson v. Angelone, No. CA-98-756-3 (E.D. Va. Feb. 16, 1999).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-
tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court
and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
*
The parties consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate
judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994).
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