UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-7684

RAYMOND V. BETHEL, JR.,

Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF VA,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, District Judge. (3:13-cv-00013-HEH)

Submitted: December 19, 2013 Decided: December 24, 2013

Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Raymond V. Bethel, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

For the second time, Raymond V. Bethel, Jr., seeks to

appeal the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice

his

(2006) petition for failure to exhaust

state court remedies. As our previous decision in No. 13-7615

dismissed Bethel’s appeal from the same order and judgment, we

dismiss the present appeal as duplicative. We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

adequately presented in the materials before this court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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