UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6439

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

ALDRICH HAZEN AMES, a/k/a Kolokol, a/k/a K,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge. (CR-94-166, CA-99-1340-AM)

Submitted: August 29, 2000 Decided: September 14, 2000

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Aldrich Hazen Ames, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Philip Rosenberg, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Aldrich Hazen Ames seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motion filed under

(West Supp. 2000)

as untimely filed under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death

Penalty Act. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s

opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a cer-

tificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning

of the district court. See United States v. Ames, Nos. CR-94-166;

CA-99-1340-AM (E.D. Va. Mar. 3, 2000). We dispense with oral argu-

ment 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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