UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-6501
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Winston-Salem. Frank W. Bullock, Jr.,
District Judge. (CR-96-85-6, CA-98-420-1)
Submitted: August 31, 1999 Decided: September 24, 1999
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William P. Humphreys, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Michael Hamilton,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
William P. Humphreys seeks to appeal the district court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
denying Humphreys’ motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West
Supp. 1999). He raises two issues in his informal brief. First,
Humphreys claims that the district court abused its discretion when
it refused to consider an ineffective assistance of counsel claim
Humphreys raised for the first time in his objections to the mag-
istrate judge’s recommendation. He also challenges the district
court’s denial of a certificate of appealability. We find both
claims to be without merit. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of
appealability and dismiss the appeal. 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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