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    Richard Townes, Jr. v. Edward W. Murray, Director of The Virginia Department of Corrections, 17 F.3d 1434, 4th Cir. (1994)

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    Richard Townes Jr. appealed the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the record and district court opinion and found the appeal had no merit. The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissed the case based on the reasoning of the district court, which had accepted the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the petition. The Fourth Circuit also denied Townes's motion to certify a question to the Virginia Supreme Court.

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    Richard Townes Jr. appealed the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the record and district court opinion and found the appeal had no merit. The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissed the case based on the reasoning of the district court, which had accepted the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the petition. The Fourth Circuit also denied Townes's motion to certify a question to the Virginia Supreme Court.

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    Filed: 1994-01-10 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 17 F.3d 1434 Docket: 93-6618

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    Richard Townes Jr. appealed the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the record and district court opinion and found the appeal had no merit. The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissed the case based on the reasoning of the district court, which had accepted the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the petition. The Fourth Circuit also denied Townes's motion to certify a question to the Virginia Supreme Court.

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    Richard Townes Jr. appealed the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the record and district court opinion and found the appeal had no merit. The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissed the case based on the reasoning of the district court, which had accepted the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the petition. The Fourth Circuit also denied Townes's motion to certify a question to the Virginia Supreme Court.

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    17 F.

    3d 1434
    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.

    Richard TOWNES, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant,


    v.
    Edward W. MURRAY, Director of the Virginia Department of
    Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 93-6618.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Jan. 10, 1994.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, at Norfolk. J. Calvitt Clark, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-92543-2).
    Richard Townes, Jr., appellant pro se.
    Robert Quentin Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, for appellee.
    E.D.Va.
    DISMISSED.
    Before HALL and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and SPROUSE, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    PER CURIAM:

    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 deny a certificate of
    probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
    court. Townes v. Murray, No. CA-92-543-2 (E.D. Va. May 12, 1993). 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.
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    DISMISSED.

    We deny Townes's motion to certify a question to the Virginia Supreme Court

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