UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7460

CASSANDRA LEAH HARRIS, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIR- GINIA; THOMAS N. FAUST, Warden, Arlington Detention Facility, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis- trict Judge. (CA-98-1135-AM)

Submitted: April 6, 1999 Decided: April 19, 1999

Before ERVIN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Cassandra Leah Harris, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Cassandra Leah Harris seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on her petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998). We have reviewed the record and the dis- trict 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. See Harris v. Attorney Gener- al, No. CA-98-1135-AM (E.D. Va. Sept. 4, 1998*). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate- ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

* Although the district court’s judgment or order is marked as “filed” on Sept. 3, 1998, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on Sept. 4, 1999. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the judgment or order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).