UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7662

WAYNE ARTHUR JORDAN, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

THOMAS CORCORAN, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge. (CA-97-2329-JFM)

Submitted: July 28, 1998 Decided: August 14, 1998

Before ERVIN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Wayne Arthur Jordan, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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: Wayne Arthur Jordan seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998), as untimely. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Jordan’s conviction became final prior to the effective date of the Anti- terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, so his petition, filed more than one year after the effective date of the Act, was not timely filed. See Brown v. Angelone, ___ F.3d ___, (No. 96- 7173) (4th Cir. July 14, 1998). Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. See Jordan v. Corcoran, No. CA-97-2329-JFM (D. Md. Sept. 30, 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