
    Harold P. RICHARDSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 01-6217.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted June 21, 2001.
    Decided June 28, 2001.
    Harold P. Richardson, pro se.
    Marla Graff Decker, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for appellee.
    
      Before WIDENER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit J.
   PER CURIAM.

Harold P. Richardson seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.2000). We have reviewed the record and the magistrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the magistrate judge. Richardson v. Director, Dep’t of Corr., No. CA-00-89 (E.D.Va. Dec. 18, 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. 
      
       The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994).
     