Black v. NC Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6892
FORREST STEPHEN BLACK,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Winston-Salem. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr.,
District Judge. (CA-95-374)
Submitted: September 24, 1996 Decided: October 21, 1996
Before WILKINS and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Forrest Stephen Black, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge,
III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Forrest S. Black seeks to appeal the district court's order
denying relief on his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994),
amended by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,
Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. 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 certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the
reasoning of the district court. Black v. North Carolina Attorney
General, No. CA-95-374 (M.D.N.C. Apr. 1, 1996). We dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-
ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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