Gary Dwayne Ward v. RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-7800
GARY DWAYNE WARD,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia
Department of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca B. Smith, District Judge.
(CA-00-893-2)
Submitted: April 3, 2002 Decided: April 17, 2002
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gary Dwayne Ward, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Bain Smith, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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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PER CURIAM:
Gary Dwayne Ward seeks to appeal the district court’s judgment
denying his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 &
Supp. 2001). 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
reasoning of the district court. See Ward v. Angelone, CA-00-893-2
(E.D. Va. Sept. 27, 2001). We deny Ward’s motion to hold the case
in abeyance pending a Supreme Court decision in Mickens v. Taylor,
U.S. , 2002 WL 459251 (U.S. Mar. 27, 2002) (No. 00-9285), as
moot. 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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