UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6175

WILLIAM HILTON, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; CHARLES MOLONY CONDON, 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-99-1372-0-17AJ)

Submitted: April 27, 2000 Decided: May 4, 2000

Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Cir- cuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William Hilton, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Molony Condon, Attorney General, Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, S.

Creighton Waters, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: William Hilton appeals the district court’s order denying re- lief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (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 certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning of the district court.* See Hilton v. South Carolina, No. CA-99- 1372-0-17AJ (D.S.C. Jan. 26, 2000). We dispense 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

* Although the magistrate judge relied upon Green v. French, 143 F.3d 865 (4th Cir. 1998), denial of habeas corpus relief was still correct under the standards announced in Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. ___, ___, 2000 WL 385369, *28 (U.S. Apr. 18, 2000) (No. 98-8384).