                               UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                               No. 02-6672



WILLIAM HAROLD HORNE,

                                              Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


PATRICK CONROY, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
THE STATE OF MARYLAND,

                                             Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge.
(CA-01-2594-AW)


Submitted:   August 29, 2002              Decided:   September 5, 2002


Before WIDENER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


William Harold Horne, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr.,
Attorney General, Ann Norman Bosse, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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).
PER CURIAM:

     William Harold Horne seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying his request for a certificate of appealability to

appeal the denial of relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 (2000). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s

order and find no reversible error.           Accordingly, we deny a

certificate   of   appealability   and    dismiss   the   appeal   on   the

reasoning of the district court.       Horne v. Conroy, No. CA-01-2594-

AW (D. Md. filed Apr. 16, 2002 & entered Apr. 17, 2002).           We deny

Horne’s motion for appointment of counsel and 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




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