Court Opinion

ID: 990729
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-07-03 23:25:31.949759+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:12:37.526281
License: Public Domain

UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 96-6892

FORREST STEPHEN BLACK,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL,

                                              Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Winston-Salem. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr.,
District Judge. (CA-95-374)

Submitted:   September 24, 1996           Decided:   October 21, 1996

Before WILKINS and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Forrest Stephen Black, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge,
III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Forrest S. Black seeks to appeal the district court's order

denying relief on his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994),

amended by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,
Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214.   We have reviewed the record

and the district court's opinion accepting the recommendation of

the magistrate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we

deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the

reasoning of the district court. Black v. North Carolina Attorney

General, No. CA-95-374 (M.D.N.C. Apr. 1, 1996). We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-

ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.

                                                         DISMISSED

                                  2