Donald Edward Roper, Jr v. JAMES B. HUNT, JR., Governor

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-6556
DONALD EDWARD ROPER, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
JAMES B. HUNT, JR., Governor; WILLIAM JONES,
Superintendent of Wake County Correctional
Center; MURIEL K. OFFERMAN, Secretary of the
Department of Revenue,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Chief
District Judge. (CA-99-227-3-MU2)
Submitted: September 6, 2001 Decided: September 13, 2001
Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Winford Robinson Deaton, Jr., Shelby, North Carolina, for Appel-
lant. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF NORTH CAROLINA, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Donald Edward Roper, Jr., 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. Roper v. Hunt, No. CA-99-227-
3-MU2 (W.D.N.C. filed Jan. 4, 2001; entered Jan. 8, 2001). 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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