UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6509

KIP MCKENZIE DICKENS,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis- trict Judge. (CA-99-379-AM)

Submitted: September 26, 2000 Decided: October 25, 2000

Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kip McKenzie Dickens, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Drummond Bagwell, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Kip McKenzie Dickens seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his petition filed under

(West 1994 & Supp. 2000). 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 on

the reasoning of the district court. See Dickens v. Angelone, No.

CA-99-379-AM (E.D. Va. Mar. 24, 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 district court relied in part upon Green v. French,

(4th Cir. 1998), cert. denied,

(1999), in its denial of Dickens’ § 2254 petition, the denial of relief was also correct under the standards announced in Williams v. Taylor,

(2000).

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