33 F3d 52 Nwanze v. Attorney General of the Commonwealth

33 F.3d 52

Austen O. NWANZE, Petitioner Appellant,
v.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, Respondent Appellee.

No. 94-6601.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: July 19, 1994
Decided: August 16, 1994.

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.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 Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge. (CA-93-722)

Austen Nwanze, Appellant Pro Se.

Thomas Cauthorne Daniel, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

E.D.Va.

DISMISSED.

Before HALL, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

Appellant seeks to appeal the magistrate judge's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1988) petition.* Our review of the record and the magistrate judge's opinion 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 magistrate judge. Nwanze v. Attorney Gen. of Virginia, No. CA-93-722 (E.D. Va. May 17, 1994). 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

*

The parties consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 636(c)(3) (1988)