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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing an appeal from Merrill Fields of the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in the District of Maryland. The Fourth Circuit reviewed the district court's decision and found no reversible error, denying a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissing based on the reasoning of the lower court. The Fourth Circuit also denied Fields' motion to appoint counsel and request for oral argument.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing an appeal from Merrill Fields of the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in the District of Maryland. The Fourth Circuit reviewed the district court's decision and found no reversible error, denying a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissing based on the reasoning of the lower court. The Fourth Circuit also denied Fields' motion to appoint counsel and request for oral argument.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing an appeal from Merrill Fields of the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in the District of Maryland. The Fourth Circuit reviewed the district court's decision and found no reversible error, denying a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissing based on the reasoning of the lower court. The Fourth Circuit also denied Fields' motion to appoint counsel and request for oral argument.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 95-8529

    MERRILL E. FIELDS,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    WILLIAM SMITH, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
    STATE OF MARYLAND,
    Respondents - Appellees.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Baltimore.
    Alexander Harvey II, Senior District
    Judge. (CA-95-2864-H)
    Submitted:

    April 15, 1996

    Decided:

    May 2, 1996

    Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit
    Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Merrill E. Fields, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr.,
    Attorney General, Richard Bruce Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney
    General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
    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
    relief on his 28 U.S.C. 2254 (1988) petition. 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 and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.
    Fields v. Smith, No. CA-95-2864-H (D. Md. Nov. 28, 1995). We deny
    Appellant's motion to appoint 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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