UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6632

THOMAS D. CROOKS, JR.,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

MICHAEL W. MOORE, South Carolina Department of Corrections; RICKIE HARRISON, Warden; BOB STEWART, Chief, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division; LEON LOTT, Sheriff of Richland County; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (CA-98-2458-2-17AJ)

Submitted: September 30, 1999 Decided: October 6, 1999

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas D. Crooks, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Larry C. Batson, Sr., Lesli Brown Darwin, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Thomas D. Crooks, Jr., appeals the district court’s order

denying relief on his petition filed under

(West

1994 & Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the record and the district

court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate

judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certif-

icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of

the district court. See Crooks v. Moore, No. CA-98-2458-2-17AJ

(D.S.C. Apr. 26, 1999). We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

DISMISSED

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