UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6986

MAURICE RICHBURG,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD HUTCHINSON; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Marvin J. Garbis, District Judge. (CA-99- 1162-MJG)

Submitted: November 16, 1999 Decided: November 30, 1999

Before WIDENER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Maurice Richburg, Appellant Pro Se. Regina Hollins Lewis, Assis- tant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Maurice Richburg appeals the district court’s order dismissing

as untimely his petition filed under

(West 1994

& Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the record and the district court's

opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Rich-

burg’s motion for a certificate of appealability and dismiss the

appeal on the reasoning of the district court. See Richburg v.

Hutchinson, No. CA-99-1162-MJG (D. Md. June 29, 1999). We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-

quately presented in the materials before the court and argument

would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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