UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6411

JUNG KWANG KIM, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

RONALD ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-00-365-AM)

Submitted: June 15, 2000 Decided: June 23, 2000

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

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jung Kwang Kim, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Jung Kwang Kim seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2000). We have reviewed the record, the district court's opinion, and Kim's informal appellate brief. Because Kim failed to challenge in his informal brief the district court's finding that his § 2254 petition was time-barred, he has not pre- served any issue for our review. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Accord- ingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the ap- peal on the reasoning of the district court. See Kim v. Angelone, No. CA-00-365-AM (E.D. Va. Mar. 10, 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