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Parties Involved:
Shan Edward Carter
Appellant
Carlton B. Joyner
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-14

SHAN EDWARD CARTER,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

CARLTON B. JOYNER, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North 

Carolina,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, 

Chief District Judge. (5:16-hc-02108-D)

Submitted: September 6, 2016 Decided: September 14, 2016 

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit 

Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Shan Edward Carter, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Shan Edward Carter appeals the district court’s order 

dismissing without prejudice Carter's “Memorandum of Pro Se 

Defendant’s Intent to Request Appointment of Independent, 

qualified ‘Martinez’ counsel pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3599(b) 

thru (d).” The district court dismissed the action as premature 

after Carter confirmed that he did not wish to file a federal 

habeas corpus petition and had not exhausted his state court 

remedies. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible 

error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the 

district court. Carter v. Joyner, No. 5:16-hc-02108-D (E.D.N.C. 

June 28, 2016). We dispense with oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the 

materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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