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7 F.3d 223

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.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 D. HASTINGS, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Edward W. MURRAY, Director of the Virginia Department of
Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 93-6448.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: August 20, 1993.
Decided: September 14, 1993.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Robert G. Doumar, District Judge. (CA-93-116-2)

John D. Hastings, Appellant Pro Se.

E.D.Va.

DISMISSED.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

John D. Hastings seeks to appeal the district court’s order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ? 2254 (1988). 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. Hastings v. Murray, No. CA-93-116-2 (E.D. Va. Apr. 22, 1993).* We deny Hastings’s motion for 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

We deny Hastings’s motion for appointment of counsel