Stephens v. Smith ( 1997 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 97-6037
    CHARLIE MAURICE STEPHENS,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    WILLIAM SMITH, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
    STATE OF MARYLAND,
    Respondents - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CA-
    95-3972-PJM)
    Submitted:   November 20, 1997            Decided:   December 9, 1997
    Before MURNAGHAN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Charlie Maurice Stephens, Appellant Pro Se. Kathryn Grill Graeff,
    OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland,
    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    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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
    relief on his petition filed under 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     (1994) (current
    version at 
    28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
     (West 1994 & Supp. 1997)). We have
    reviewed the record and the district courts opinion accepting the
    recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible
    error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to ap-
    peal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.
    Stephens v. Smith, No. CA-95-3972-PJM (D. Md. Nov. 27, 1996). See
    Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. ___, 
    65 U.S.L.W. 4557
     (U.S. June 23,
    1997) (No. 96-6298). We dispense with oral argument because the
    facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
    rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
    process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 97-6037

Filed Date: 12/9/1997

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014