UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-6775

LACOSTA MONTRELL SPRINGS,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; CHARLES M. CONDON, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina,

Respondents - Appellees.

No. 02-7314

LACOSTA MONTRELL SPRINGS,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; CHARLES M. CONDON, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge. (CA-00-3854-19-BD) Submitted: November 7, 2002 Decided: November 13, 2002

Before WILKINS and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tara Dawn Shurling, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Derrick K. McFarland, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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).

2 PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, Lacosta Montrell Springs seeks

to appeal the district court’s orders accepting the report and

recommendation of a magistrate judge and denying relief on his

petition filed under

(2000) and then denying a

certificate of appealability. We have reviewed the record and

conclude for the reasons stated by the district court that Springs

has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right. See Springs v. South Carolina, No. CA-00-

3854-19-BD (D.S.C. filed Mar. 28, 2002, and June 3, 2002; entered

Mar. 29, 2002, and June 5, 2002). Accordingly, we deny a

certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. See

(c) (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

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