99 F.3d 1130
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.James Joseph OWENS, Petitioner--Appellant,v.ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND;  RichardKastendieck, Assistant Attorney General for theState of Maryland, Respondents--Appellees.
No. 96-6476.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 1996.Decided Oct. 30, 1996.

James Joseph Owens, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:


1
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), amended by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214.  We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error.  Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal;  to the extent that a certificate of appealability is required, we deny such a certificate.  We dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.   Owens v. Attorney Gen. of Maryland, No. CA-95-3566-JFM (D.Md. Mar. 6, 1996).*  We deny the motion for oral argument and dispense with 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


*
 Because Appellant's 1968 state sentence has expired, he is not in custody for purposes of the federal habeas statutes.   See Maleng v. Cook, 490 U.S. 488, 492 (1989)


