UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7648
FREDDIE EUGENE CASEY,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
BUCKINGHAM CORRECTIONAL CENTER WARDEN,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. James P. Jones, District Judge.
(CA-97-466-R)
Submitted: August 31, 1999 Decided: September 21, 1999
Before MURNAGHAN and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Freddie Eugene Casey, Appellant Pro Se. Kathleen B. Martin, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Freddie Eugene Casey seeks to appeal the district court’s
final 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 district court’s opinion and order and decision from the bench
and find no reversible error. Finding no merit to Casey’s numerous
claims of the ineffective assistance of counsel we deny a certif-
icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. See Strickland v.
Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687-88, 691-95 (1984). We also deny
Casey’s motion for appointment of counsel. 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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