
    Mahmoud A. BEN-STONE, a/k/a Thomas E. Stone, Petitioner-Appellant, v. F.W. GREENE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 02-6579.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 22, 2002.
    Decided Sept. 19, 2002.
    Mahmoud A. Ben-Stone, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
   PER CURIAM.

Mahmoud Ben-Stone seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and conclude on the reasoning of the district court that Ben-Stone has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See Ben Stone v. Greene, No. CA-00-1322 (E.D. Va. filed Mar. 20, 2002 & entered Mar. 21, 2002). Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) (2000). 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.  