Lewis v. Garraghty

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7697

DONALD WILLIAM LEWIS, Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

DAVID GARRAGHTY, Warden, Greensville Correctional Center,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge. (CA-97-798-3)

Submitted: March 2, 1999 Decided: September 21, 1999

Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jonathan S. David, Joseph D. Morrissey, MORRISSEY, HERSHNER & JACOBS, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Mark Earley, Attorney General of Virginia, Vaughan C. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

PER CURIAM:

Donald William Lewis appeals from the district court’s order finding that the appropriate statute under which to review his action was 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 1999), rather than 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1999). We find that the dis- trict court did not err by analyzing the action under § 1983. See Roller v. Cavanaugh, 984 F.2d 120, 122 (4th Cir. 1993). Conse- quently, we affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate- rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED