Benoit Tshiwala v. Gregg Hershberger

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 8:09-cv-02232-AW Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998756664].. [10-7455]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-7455

BENOIT TSHIWALA,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
GREGG HERSHBERGER, Warden; DOUGLAS
General of the State of Maryland,

F.

GANSLER,

Attorney

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Alexander Williams, Jr., District
Judge. (8:09-cv-02232-AW)

Submitted:

December 20, 2011

Decided:

January 4, 2012

Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gary Eugene Bair, BENNETT & BAIR, LLC, Greenbelt, Maryland, for
Appellant.
Edward John Kelley, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Benoit

Tshiwala

appeals

the

district

court’s

order

denying relief on the Fourth Amendment claims he raised in his
28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. ∗
and find no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record

Accordingly, we affirm for the

reasons stated by the district court.

Tshiwala v. Hershberger,

No. 8:09-cv-02232-AW (D. Md. Sept. 15, 2010).

We dispense with

oral

contentions

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

and

materials

legal
before

the

court

are
and

argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

∗

We previously granted a certificate of appealability as to
Tshiwala’s Fourth Amendment claims and denied a certificate of
appealability and dismissed the appeal as to all remaining
claims.

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