U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1987

William Frederic Draper v. Edward W. Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections

William Frederic Draper v. Edward W. Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided September 18, 1987
829 F.2d 1119; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 12459; 1987 WL 44489 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

William Frederic Draper v. Edward W. Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections

Opinion

829 F.2d 1119
Unpublished Disposition

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William Frederic DRAPER, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Edward W. MURRAY, Director of the Virginia Department of
Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 87-7557

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted July 23, 1987.
Decided September 18, 1987.

William Frederic Draper, pro se.

Richard Bain Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

1

A review of the record and the district court's opinion accepting the magistrate's recommendation discloses that an appeal from its order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 would be without merit. Because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritively, we deny petitioner's request for a transcript of the prosecutor's opening statement, deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal, dispense with oral argument, and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Draper v. Murray, C/A No. 86-602-N (E.D. Va., March 19, 1987).

2

DISMISSED.

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