                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 01-7896



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                               Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


ADOLFO VALDEZ, a/k/a Adolfo Valdez-Pinales,
a/k/a Angel Manuel Rios-Castro, a/k/a Big Al,

                                            Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior District
Judge. (CR-92-9, CA-01-129-7-F)


Submitted:   January 31, 2002          Decided:     February 11, 2002


Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Adolfo Valdez, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Edward Skiver, Assistant
United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Adolfo Valdez seeks to appeal the district court’s order deny-

ing his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2001).

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 on the reasoning of the dis-

trict court.   United States v. Valdez, Nos. CR-92-9; CA-01-129-7-F

(E.D.N.C. filed July 9, 2001 & entered July 18, 2001).   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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