UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7341

WILLIAM JAMISON, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

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

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Alexander Harvey II, Senior District Judge. (CA-98-838-H)

Submitted: November 5, 1998 Decided: November 23, 1998

Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William Jamison, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attor- ney General, Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, David Jonathan Taube, Assistant 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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: William Jamison seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998). We find that Jamison’s petition was not timely filed in the district court. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d) (West Supp. 1998); Brown v. Angelone, 150 F.3d 370, 374-76 (4th Cir. 1998).

Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. 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