36 F3d 1093 Schmidt v. Smith

36 F.3d 1093

Richard A. SCHMIDT, Petitioner Appellant,
v.
William SMITH, Warden; Attorney General of the State of
Maryland, Respondents Appellees.

No. 94-6495.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: Aug. 25, 1994.
Decided: Oct. 5, 1994.

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Edward S. Northrop, Senior District Judge. (CA-93-2076-N)

Richard A. Schmidt, appellant pro se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Annabelle Louise Lisic, Office of the Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for appellees.

D.Md.

AFFIRMED.

Before RUSSELL and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

1

Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1988) petition. Our review of the record and the district court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge discloses that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Schmidt v. Smith, No. CA-93-2076-N (D. Md. Mar. 22, 1994). 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.

AFFIRMED