UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 00-6644 DWAYNE SYLVESTER BARBER, Petitioner - Appellant, versus WARDEN, Buckingham Correctional Center, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District Judge. (CA-99-988) Submitted: November 9, 2000 Decided: November 15, 2000 Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Dwayne Sylvester Barber, Appellant Pro Se. Linwood Theodore Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Dwayne Sylvester Barber 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 district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. We further note that Barber’s response to the Commonwealth’s motion to dismiss was filed in the record and was addressed by the district court’s opinion. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. See Barber v. Warden, No. CA-99-988 (E.D. Va. filed Apr. 14, 2000; entered Apr. 17, 2000). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate- rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2