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    This document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court dismissed an appeal from Joseph J. South, who had filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254, which allows state prisoners to challenge their convictions in federal court. The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissed the case based on the reasoning provided by the district court in its earlier denial of South's petition. The Fourth Circuit found the appeal to be without merit and did not require oral arguments, as the relevant facts and legal issues were adequately presented in the case materials.

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    Filed: 1994-11-29 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 42 F.3d 1386 Docket: 94-6468

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    Joseph J. South v. L. M. Saunders Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 42 F.3d 1386, 4th Cir. (1994)

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    This document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court dismissed an appeal from Joseph J. South, who had filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254, which allows state prisoners to challenge their convictions in federal court. The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismissed the case based on the reasoning provided by the district court in its earlier denial of South's petition. The Fourth Circuit found the appeal to be without merit and did not require oral arguments, as the relevant facts and legal issues were adequately presented in the case materials.

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    Joseph J. South v. L. M. Saunders Attorney General of The Commonwealth of Virginia, 42 F.3d 1386, 4th Cir. (1994)

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    3d 1386

    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    unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing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    service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth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.
    Joseph J. SOUTH, Petitioner Appellant,
    v.
    L. M. SAUNDERS; Attorney General of the Commonwealth of
    Virginia, Respondents Appellees.
    No. 94-6468.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Submitted Nov. 8, 1994
    Decided Nov. 29, 1994.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of
    Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, District Judge. (CA-93-311-R)
    Joseph J. South, appellant Pro Se. Robert H. Anderson, III, Office of the
    Atty. Gen. of Va., Richmond, VA, for appellees.
    W.D.Va.
    DISMISSED.
    Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
    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 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. South v. Saunders, No. CA-93-311-R (W.D.Va.
    Apr. 1, 1994). 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.

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