UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6235

RONALD S. SNIPE,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

WAYNE PHILLIPS,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. John Preston Bailey, Chief District Judge. (3:08-cv-00022-JPB-JSK)

Submitted: February 18, 2010 Decided: February 23, 2010

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald S. Snipe, Appellant Pro Se. Helen Campbell Altmeyer, Assistant United States Attorney, Daniel W. Dickinson, Jr., OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Ronald S. Snipe, a federal prisoner, appeals the

district court’s order accepting in part and rejecting in part

the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on

his

(2006) petition. We have reviewed the

record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for

the reasons stated by the district court. Snipe v. Phillips,

No. 3:08-cv-00022-JPB-JSK (N.D.W. Va. Dec. 23, 2008). 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.

AFFIRMED

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