UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-6834
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
LOUIS R. JACKSON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District
Judge. (CR-96-260-A, CA-98-1732-AM)
Submitted: August 5, 1999 Decided: August 11, 1999
Before MURNAGHAN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Louis R. Jackson, Appellant Pro Se. John Jude Farley, OFFICE OF
THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Louis R. Jackson appeals the district court’s order denying
relief on his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.
1999). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin-
ion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certif-
icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of
the district court. See United States v. Jackson, Nos. CR-96-260-
A; CA-98-1732-AM (E.D. Va. Apr. 7, 1999).* 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 order from which Jackson appeals was filed on
April 6, 1999, it was entered on the district court’s docket sheet
on April 7, 1999. April 7, 1999, is therefore the effective date
of the district court’s decision. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 and
79(a); see also Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir.
1986).
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