Kip McKenzie Dickens v. French, 143 F.3d 865 4th Cir. 1998 , cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1090 1999 , in its…

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-6509
KIP MCKENZIE DICKENS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CA-99-379-AM)
Submitted: September 26, 2000 Decided: October 25, 2000
Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kip McKenzie Dickens, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Drummond Bagwell,
Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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* Although the district court relied in part upon Green v.
French, 143 F.3d 865 (4th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1090
(1999), in its denial of Dickens’ § 2254 petition, the denial of
relief was also correct under the standards announced in Williams
v. Taylor, 120 S.Ct. 1495, 1523 (2000).
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PER CURIAM:
Kip McKenzie Dickens seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
(West 1994 & Supp. 2000). We have reviewed the record and the dis-
trict court’s opinion and find no reversible error. * Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on
the reasoning of the district court. See Dickens v. Angelone, No.
CA-99-379-AM (E.D. Va. Mar. 24, 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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