UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-6323

LOUIS C. JOHNSON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

FREDERICK GREEN, Warden, Brunswick Correction- al Center; JAMES S. GILMORE, III, Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, District Judge. (CA-97-264)

Submitted: November 19, 1998 Decided: December 1, 1998

Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edwin Frederick Brooks, JACKSON, PICKUS & ASSOCIATES, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Linwood Theodore Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Louis C. Johnson seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying relief on his petition filed under

(West

1994 & Supp. 1998). We have reviewed the record and the district

court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny

a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the

reasoning of the district court. Johnson v. Green, No. CA-97-264

(E.D. Va. Feb. 5, 1998).* We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

DISMISSED

* Johnson filed the subject petition on April 11, 1997, within the one-year limitations period of

(d) (West Supp. 1998). See Brown v. Angelone,

(4th Cir. 1998).

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