The opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7748
DAVID BRANDON BROWN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Tommy E. Miller, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-00-462-2)
Submitted: April 12, 2001 Decided: April 17, 2001
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David Brandon Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Marla Graff Decker, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
David Brandon Brown seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’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
magistrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accord-
ingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal on the reasoning of the magistrate judge. See Brown v.
Angelone, No. CA-00-462-2 (E.D. Va. Nov. 17, 2000). 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
*
The parties consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate
judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2000).
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