UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-7394

JO ANN DIMOND,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; CHARLES M. CONDON, 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. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (CA-95-3678-2-23AJ)

Submitted: December 19, 1996 Decided: January 6, 1997

Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jo Ann Dimond, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying

relief on her petition filed under

(1994), amended by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,

Stat. 1214, and denying her motion for reconsider-

ation. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no

reversible error. Additionally, we have determined that the dis-

trict court did not abuse its discretion in denying Appellant's motion for reconsideration. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the

district court. Dimond v. South Carolina, No. CA-95-3678-2-23AJ

(D.S.C. July 19, 1996; Aug. 13, 1996). 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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