UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7147

ELMORE MCLEMORE, a/k/a William Westbrooks, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

P. PITZER, BOP Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees.

No. 98-7148

ELMORE MCLEMORE, a/k/a Verdel Jenkins, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

P. PITZER, BOP Warden; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR., Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents - Appellees.

No. 98-7149

ELMORE MCLEMORE, a/k/a William Clemons, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

P. PITZER, BOP Warden; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR., Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents - Appellees.

No. 98-7150

ELMORE MCLEMORE, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

P. PITZER, BOP Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA- 98-1951-S, CA-98-2055-S, CA-98-2073-S, CA-98-2082-S)

Submitted: January 21, 1999 Decided: February 9, 1999

Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Elmore McLemore, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: In these consolidated cases, Elmore McLemore seeks to appeal the district court’s orders denying relief on his petitions filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998). We have re- viewed the records and the district court’s opinions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny certificates of appealabil- ity and dismiss the appeals on the reasoning of the district court.

See McLemore v. Pitzer, Nos. CA-98-1951-S, CA-98-2055-S (D. Md. July 1, 1998); CA-98-2073-S, CA-98-2082-S (D. Md. July 7, 1998).* We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

* Although the district court’s judgments in 98-7147 and 98- 7148 are marked as “filed” on June 30, 1998, the district court’s records show that they were entered on the docket sheets on July 1, 1998. Similarly, the district court’s judgments in 98-7149 and 98- 7150 are marked as “filed” on July 2, 1998, but the district court’s records show that they were entered on the docket sheets on July 7, 1998. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, we take the date that the judgment was entered on the docket sheet as the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).