UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 97-7543 LEON KEITH GASKINS, Petitioner - Appellant, versus FRANK C. SIZER, JR.; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR., Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents - Appellees. No. 98-6364 LEON KEITH GASKINS, Petitioner - Appellant, versus FRANK C. SIZER, JR.; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR., Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents - Appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, District Judge. (CA-97-1392-WMN) Submitted: July 2, 1998 Decided: July 20, 1998 Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Leon Keith Gaskins, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., At- torney General, Annabelle Louise Lisic, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 2 PER CURIAM: Leon Keith Gaskins seeks to appeal three district court orders granting extensions of time to Respondents, and the order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a cer- tificate of appealability and dismiss the appeals on the reasoning of the district court. Gaskins v. Sizer, No. CA-97-1392-WMN (D. Md. June 12, 1997, Aug. 26, 1997, Sept. 26, 1997, and Feb. 27, 1998). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 3