UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 03-6665

J. C. MIMS,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

PHILLIP E. MCLEOD, Warden of Perry Correctional Institution; CHARLES CONDON, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Margaret B. Seymour, District Judge. (CA-02-1606-4-24)

Submitted: November 19, 2003 Decided: December 3, 2003

Before WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

J. C. Mims, Appellant Pro Se. 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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). PER CURIAM:

J.C. Mims seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting

the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on

his

(2000) petition. We have independently

reviewed the record and conclude that Mims has not made a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See

Miller-El v. Cockrell,

(2003). 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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