                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-6597



MARCUS LEE COCKERHAM,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

GEORGE TRENT, Warden,

                                            Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, District
Judge. (CA-95-310-1)


Submitted:   February 27, 1997            Decided:   March 10, 1997


Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Marcus Lee Cockerham, Appellant Pro Se. Dawn E. Warfield, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Vir-
ginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying

relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), amended
by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L.

No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. We have reviewed the record and the

district court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magis-

trate judge, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a

certificate of probable cause to appeal; to the extent that a cer-

tificate of appealability is required, we deny such a certificate.
We dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.
Cockerham v. Trent, No. CA-95-310-1 (S.D.W. Va. Mar. 27, 1996). 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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