UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6860

GEORGE BERNARD WISCHHUSEN, JR.,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

PATRICK CONROY, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA- 99-347-S)

Submitted: December 20, 1999 Decided: January 5, 2000

Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George Bernard Wischhusen, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

George Bernard Wischhusen, 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 dis-

trict court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal sub-

stantially on the reasoning of the district court. See Wischhusen

v. Conroy, No. CA-99-347-S (D. Md. June 2, 1999). 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

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