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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of William Ray Ward v. Robert E. Ward, Warden, et al. The court dismissed Ward's appeal of the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court found no reversible error in the district court's acceptance of the magistrate's recommendation and denial of Ward's claims on the merits. The court also declined to address the retroactivity of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations because Ward's petition was meritless.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of William Ray Ward v. Robert E. Ward, Warden, et al. The court dismissed Ward's appeal of the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court found no reversible error in the district court's acceptance of the magistrate's recommendation and denial of Ward's claims on the merits. The court also declined to address the retroactivity of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations because Ward's petition was meritless.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of William Ray Ward v. Robert E. Ward, Warden, et al. The court dismissed Ward's appeal of the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court found no reversible error in the district court's acceptance of the magistrate's recommendation and denial of Ward's claims on the merits. The court also declined to address the retroactivity of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations because Ward's petition was meritless.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of William Ray Ward v. Robert E. Ward, Warden, et al. The court dismissed Ward's appeal of the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court found no reversible error in the district court's acceptance of the magistrate's recommendation and denial of Ward's claims on the merits. The court also declined to address the retroactivity of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations because Ward's petition was meritless.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 97-6582

    WILLIAM RAY WARD,


    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    ROBERT E. WARD, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
    THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
    Respondents - Appellees.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Charleston. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District
    Judge. (CA-96-1712-2-20AJ)
    Submitted:

    April 16, 1998

    Decided:

    April 28, 1998

    Before WILKINS and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior


    Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    William Ray Ward, Appellant Pro Se. Robert F. Daley, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).

    PER CURIAM:
    William Ray Ward seeks to appeal the district court's order
    denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. 2254 (West
    Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's
    opinion accepting in part the recommendation of the magistrate
    judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, as to the merits
    of Ward's claims, we deny a certificate of appealability and
    dismiss on the reasoning of the district court. Ward v. Ward, No.
    CA-96-1712-2-20AJ (D.S.C. Mar. 24, 1997). Because Ward's petition
    is meritless, we decline to address the retroactivity of the statute of limitations enacted in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
    Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. 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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