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7 F.3d 226

Docket No. 92-6945.

Robert Boyd Stokes v. Edward W. Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted: January 15, 1993. Decided: October 7, 1993.

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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1993-10-07

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

Relies on Francis Ian Tonner v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1993-10-07

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.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 Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Robert G. Doumar, District Judge. (CA-91-159)

Robert Boyd Stokes, Appellant Pro Se.

Katherine Baldwin Toone, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

E.D.Va.

DISMISSED.

Before WIDENER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

OPINION

¶1

Robert Boyd Stokes seeks to appeal the district court's order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). Our review of the record and the district court's opinion accepting 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. Stokes v. Murray, No. CA-91-159 (E.D. Va. Aug. 27, 1992). 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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