United States v. Meeks ( 1998 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6936
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
SONNY CARLTON MEEKS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CR-95-42, CA-98-532-2)
Submitted: August 13, 1998 Decided: September 4, 1998
Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sonny Carlton Meeks, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Philip Rosenberg,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying
his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998).
We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap-
pealability and dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning
of the district court. United States v. Meeks, Nos. CR-95-42; CA-
98-532-2 (E.D. Va. May 21, 1998). We have reviewed the record and
find that Appellant’s motion was not timely filed in the district
court. See Brown v. Angelone, ___ F.3d ___, 1998 WL 389030, at *6
(4th Cir. July 14, 1998) (determining the limitation period with
regard to post-AEDPA 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998)
petitions in cases where the conviction became final prior to the
statute’s enactment). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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