UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-6279
DAMON LOUIS WHEELOUS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
DAVID GARRAGHTY, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
VIRGINIA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District Judge.
(CA-97-444-2)
Submitted: April 27, 1999 Decided: September 13, 1999
Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Damon Louis Wheelous, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Drummond Bagwell,
Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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
his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.
1998) as untimely filed. We have reviewed the record and the dis-
trict court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on
the reasoning of the district court. See Wheelous v. Garraghty,
No. CA-97-444-2 (E.D. Va. Feb. 16, 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
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