UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (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