Gregory Flint Taylor v. JOE HAMILTON, Secretary, North Carolina De- partment of Correction

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7529
GREGORY FLINT TAYLOR,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
JOE HAMILTON, Secretary, North Carolina De-
partment of Correction; LYNN PHILLIPS, Direc-
tor of Prisons; MICHAEL BUMGARNER, Superin-
tendent, Nash Correctional Center; MICHAEL
EASLEY, Attorney General of North Carolina;
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. (CA-99-149-5-H)
Submitted: March 22, 2001 Decided: March 28, 2001
Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas Franklin Loflin, III, LOFLIN & LOFLIN, Durham, North Caro-
lina, for Appellant. Diane Appleton Reeves, NORTH CAROLINA DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Gregory Flint Taylor appeals the district court’s order de-
nying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West
1994 & Supp. 2000). We have reviewed the record and the district
court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny
a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the rea-
soning of the district court. Taylor v. Hamilton, No. CA-99-149-5-
H (E.D.N.C. Sept. 12, 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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