
    George Cecil DUCKETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert KUPEC, Warden; Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.
    No. 00-7729.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 23, 2001.
    Decided Feb. 1, 2001.
    
      George Cecil Duckett, pro se.
    John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Mary Ann Rapp Ince, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for appellees.
    Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit JJ., and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

George Cecil Duckett seeks to appeal the district court’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 district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning of the district court. See Duckett v. Kupec, No. CA-00-2626-L (D.Md. Oct. 24, 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.  