UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7646

ANITA G. GALLAGHER,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD ANGELONE,

Respondent - Appellee.

No. 98-7647

PAUL B. GALLAGHER,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE,

Respondent - Appellee. No. 98-7740

LAURENCE M. HECHT,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior District Judge. (CA-98-195-R, CA-98-44-R, CA-98-43-R)

Submitted: June 30, 1999 Decided: September 21, 1999

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

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Donald Robert Lee, Jr., MACAULAY, LEE & POWELL, Richmond, Virginia; Gerald Thomas Zerkin, GERALD T. ZERKIN & ASSOCIATES, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. John H. McLees, Jr., OFFICE OF THE AT- TORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

2 PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, Anita G. Gallagher, Paul B.

Gallagher, and Laurence M. Hecht appeal the district court’s orders

denying relief on their petitions filed under

(West 1994 & Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the voluminous record,

including the state habeas corpus petitions and accompanying

exhibits and the district court’s orders, and find no reversible

error. Accordingly, we deny certificates of appealability and

dismiss the appeals on the reasoning of the district court. See

Gallagher v. Angelone, No. CA-98-195-R (W.D. Va. Oct. 7, 1998);

Gallagher v. Angelone, No. CA-98-44-R (W.D. Va. Oct. 7, 1998);

Hecht v. Angelone, No. CA-98-43-R (W.D. Va. Oct. 8, 1998). We dis-

pense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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