Joe v. Eagleton

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: March 31, 2005
• Docket: 04-8025
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-8025

ANTHONY JOE,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

WILLIE EAGLETON, Warden, Evans Correctional Institution; HENRY MCMASTER, Attorney General, South Carolina,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (CA-03-1507-2-23)

Submitted: March 24, 2005 Decided: March 31, 2005

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

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Anthony Joe, Appellant Pro Se. Melody Jane Brown, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Anthony Joe seeks to appeal the district court’s order

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying

relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). We

have independently reviewed the record and conclude on the

reasoning of the district court that Joe has not made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See Joe v.

Eagleton, No. CA-03-1507-2-23 (D.S.C. Dec. 1, 2004). Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. See

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) (2000). 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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