UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7478

ISZARD BALLARD, JR., Petitioner - Appellant, versus

THOMAS R. CORCORAN, Warden, Maryland House of Correction; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees.

No. 97-7479

ISZARD BALLARD, JR., Petitioner - Appellant, versus THOMAS R. CORCORAN, Warden, Maryland House of Correction; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge. (CA-97-1896-JFM, CA-97-1897-JFM)

Submitted: April 29, 1998 Decided: May 14, 1998

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Iszard Ballard, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from the district court's orders denying relief on his petitions filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998), and denying his motion for reconsideration. We have reviewed the records and the district court's opinions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealabil- ity and dismiss the appeals on the reasoning of the district court.

Ballard v. Corcoran, No. CA-97-1896-JFM (D. Md. Oct. 1, 1997); Ballard v. Corcoran, No. CA-97-1897-JFM (D. Md. Aug. 27, 1997; Sept. 12, 1997). 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