UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-7380

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

KINGSLEY CHUKWUEZI,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CR- 97-229-PJM, CA-00-1174-PJM)

Submitted: November 9, 2000 Decided: November 16, 2000

Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kingsley Chukwuezi, Appellant Pro Se. Lynne Ann Battaglia, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland; Steven Michael Dettelbach, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Kingsley Chukwuezi seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motion filed under

(West Supp.

2000). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin-

ion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certif-

icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of

the district court. See United States v. Chukwuezi, Nos. CR-97-

229-PJM; CA-00-1174-PJM (D. Md. Sept. 21, 2000).* We deny Chuk-

wuezi’s motion for appointment of counsel. 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’s order is marked as “filed” on September 20, 2000, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on September 21, 2000. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray,

(4th Cir. 1986).

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