Parker v. State of SC ( 2000 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 00-6640
    JOHN THOMAS PARKER,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA
    DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, William Douglas
    Catoe, Director,
    Respondents - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Charleston. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District
    Judge. (CA-99-1470-2-13AJ)
    Submitted:   November 30, 2000         Decided:     December 27, 2000
    Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Tara Dawn Shurling, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Donald
    John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Caro-
    lina, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    John Thomas Parker appeals the district court’s order granting
    the Respondents’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing his
    petition filed under 
    28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
     (West 1994 & Supp. 2000).
    We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion
    accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no
    reversible error.   We uphold the district court’s determination
    that Parker has not demonstrated that his trial would have had a
    different outcome absent any alleged errors by counsel.          See
    Strickland v. Washington, 
    466 U.S. 668
    , 694 (1984).   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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Document Info

Docket Number: 00-6640

Filed Date: 12/27/2000

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014