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45 F.3d 426

Docket No. 93-7166.

Hilton v. Evatt

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted: Aug. 30, 1994. Decided: Dec. 29, 1994.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1994-12-29

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Melvin Wayne Martin v. Lieutenant Alan R. Buzzard Officer Patterson Officer Pugh

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1994-12-29

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. C. Weston Houck, Chief District Judge. (CA-90-1762-3-2B)

Vance L. Cowden, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAW SCHOOL, Columbia, SC, for Appellant. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, SC, for Appellees.

D.S.C.

DISMISSED.

Before HALL, WILKINSON, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

¶1

Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1988) petition. Our review of the record and the district court's opinion rejecting the recommendation of the magistrate judge discloses that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Hilton v. Evatt, No. CA-90-1762-3-2B (D.S.C. Oct. 1, 1993). 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.

¶2

DISMISSED.

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