52 F.3d 320
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
John Francis BRISCOE, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
William L. SMITH, Warden; Attorney General of The State of
Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 95-6173.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 15, 1995.
Decided: April 12, 1995.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge. (CA-94-2128-JFM)
John Francis Briscoe, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Ann Norman Bosse, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees.
Before RUSSELL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1988) petition and denying his Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion for reconsideration. Our review of the record and the district court's opinion discloses that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Briscoe v. Smith, No. CA-94-2128-JFM (D. Md. Jan. 3, 1995; Jan. 25, 1995). 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.
