Fisher v. Williams

Submitted March 3, 1987. Decided April 21, 1987.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1987-04-21

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

Relies on Clifford W. Hutchinson v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1987-04-21

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Before RUSSELL, PHILLIPS and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

William A. Fisher, appellant pro se.

Linwood Theodore Wells, Jr., Office of the Attyorney General, for appellees.

PER CURIAM:

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A review of the record and the magistrate's opinion discloses that an appeal from his order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 would be without merit. Because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritatively, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal, dispense with oral argument, and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the magistrate. Fisher v. Williams, C/A No. 86-349-R (E.D.Va., Dec. 19, 1986).

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DISMISSED.