United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 99-1653 ___________ Gene Vernal Lodermeier, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of South Dakota.

Robert Dooley, Warden for the * Springfield Correctional Facility, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: October 18, 1999 Filed: October 22, 1999 ___________ Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Gene Vernal Lodermeier challenges the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 motion. After a review of Lodermeier's arguments and the record, we reject all of his contentions. Because we agree with the district court's well-reasoned opinion, we affirm without further discussion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The Honorable John R. Jones, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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