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finding Tasker waived Fourth Circuit review of issue by failing to include it in appellate brief
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No. 13-6219
04-04-2013
JAMES E. TASKER, Petitioner - Appellant, v. STATE OF MARYLAND; OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees.
James E. Tasker, Appellant Pro Se. Mary Ann Rapp Ince, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge. (8:11-cv-01869-AW) Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. James E. Tasker, Appellant Pro Se. Mary Ann Rapp Ince, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
James E. Tasker appeals the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition as untimely. Although the district court granted a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether the petition was timely filed, we confine our review on appeal to the issues raised in Tasker's informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Tasker's informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court's disposition, he has waived appellate review of the court's order. Accordingly, we deny Tasker's motion for appointment of counsel and affirm the district court's order. Tasker v. Maryland, No. 8:11-cv-01869-AW (D. Md. Jan. 31, 2013). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED