James Anthony Butler v. State of South Carolina T. Travis Medlock, the Attorney General of the State of South Carolina

73 F.3d 356, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 4155, 1996 WL 1183

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: January 2, 1996
• Docket: 95-6637
• Status: Published

Opinion

73 F.3d 356
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

James Anthony BUTLER, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
STATE of South Carolina; T. Travis Medlock, the Attorney
General of the State of South Carolina,
Respondents-Appellees.

No. 95-6637.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted Dec. 14, 1995.
Decided Jan. 2, 1996.

James Anthony Butler, Appellant Pro Se.

Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1988) petition. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Butler v. State of South Carolina, No. CA-94-2466-6-21AK (D.S.C. Apr. 3, 1995). 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.