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    Gary Dwayne Ward appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reviewed the record and found no reversible error. Accordingly, the court denied Ward a certificate of appealability and dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the reasoning of the district court. The appellate court also denied Ward's motion to hold the case in abeyance pending a Supreme Court decision as moot.

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    Filed: 2002-04-17 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Docket: 01-7800

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    Gary Dwayne Ward appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reviewed the record and found no reversible error. Accordingly, the court denied Ward a certificate of appealability and dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the reasoning of the district court. The appellate court also denied Ward's motion to hold the case in abeyance pending a Supreme Court decision as moot.

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    Gary Dwayne Ward appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reviewed the record and found no reversible error. Accordingly, the court denied Ward a certificate of appealability and dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the reasoning of the district court. The appellate court also denied Ward's motion to hold the case in abeyance pending a Supreme Court decision as moot.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 01-7800

    GARY DWAYNE WARD,


    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia
    Department of Corrections,
    Respondent - Appellee.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca B. Smith, District Judge.
    (CA-00-893-2)

    Submitted:

    April 3, 2002

    Decided:

    April 17, 2002

    Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


    Gary Dwayne Ward, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Bain Smith, Assistant
    Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


    See Local Rule 36(c).

    PER CURIAM:
    Gary Dwayne Ward seeks to appeal the district courts judgment
    denying his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. 2254 (West 1994 &
    Supp. 2001).

    We have reviewed the record and the district courts

    opinion and find no reversible error.


    certificate

    of

    appealability

    and

    Accordingly, we deny a

    dismiss

    the

    appeal

    on

    the

    reasoning of the district court. See Ward v. Angelone, CA-00-893-2


    (E.D. Va. Sept. 27, 2001).

    We deny Wards motion to hold the case

    in abeyance pending a Supreme Court decision in Mickens v. Taylor,


    U.S.
    moot.

    , 2002 WL 459251 (U.S. Mar. 27, 2002) (No. 00-9285), as

    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.

    DISMISSED

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