UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-7530

WILLIAM JACKSON NICHOLSON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

COLIE L. RUSHTON, Warden; CHARLES M. CONDON, South Carolina Attorney General,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge. (CA-01-3318-9-19BG)

Submitted: February 20, 2003 Decided: February 26, 2003

Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William Jackson Nicholson, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Samuel Creighton Waters, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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). PER CURIAM:

William Jackson Nicholson seeks to appeal the district court’s

order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and

denying relief on his petition filed under

(2000).

We have reviewed the record and conclude for the reasons stated by

the district court that Nicholson has not made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See Nicholson v.

Rushton, No. CA-01-3318-9-19BG (D.S.C. Oct. 1, 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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