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8 F.3d 820

Docket No. 92-6797.

Torain v. McDade

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted: June 3, 1993. Decided: October 21, 1993.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1993-10-21

Cited by 42 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2002 · most notably Sherman v. Smith (1996), Utility Automation 2000, Inc. v. Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative, Inc. (2002)

41 federal appellate ·

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

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1993-10-21

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham.

Nathaniel Torain, Appellant Pro Se.

Richard Norwood League, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

M.D.N.C.

DISMISSED.

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

OPINION

¶1

Nathaniel Torain, a North Carolina inmate, 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.* Torain v. McDade, No. CA-91-255-1 (M.D.N.C. June 9, 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

*

We dismiss because the district court did not err in finding an abuse of the writ. McCleskey v. Zant, 59 U.S.L.W. 4288 (U.S. 1991). We uphold the district court's judgment on this ground alone and do not find it necessary to reach other issues in the magistrate judge's report and recommendation

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