Keith v. State of SC ( 2000 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 00-6900
    ROBERT LEON KEITH,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
    THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
    Respondents - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Charleston. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge.
    (CA-99-808-9-19RB)
    Submitted:   November 30, 2000            Decided:   December 6, 2000
    Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Robert Leon Keith, Appellant Pro Se. Derrick K. McFarland, OFFICE
    OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Caro-
    lina, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Robert Leon Keith seeks to appeal the district court’s order
    denying relief on 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.*   Accordingly, we deny a cer-
    tificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning
    of the district court.   Keith v. South Carolina, No. CA-99-808-9-
    19RB (D.S.C. June 9, 2000). We dispense with oral argument because
    the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
    terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
    process.
    DISMISSED
    *
    Although the district court relied in part upon Green v.
    French, 
    143 F.3d 865
     (4th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 
    525 U.S. 1090
    (1999), in denying Keith’s § 2254 petition, the denial of relief
    also was correct under the standards announced in Williams v.
    Taylor, 
    529 U.S. 362
     (2000).
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Document Info

Docket Number: 00-6900

Filed Date: 12/6/2000

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014