                               UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                               No. 00-6777



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


GEORGE ALLEN WARD,

                                                Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Newport News. Henry C. Morgan, Jr., District
Judge. (CR-94-70-4, CA-97-49-4)


Submitted:   August 24, 2000                 Decided:   August 30, 2000


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


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


George Allen Ward, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Edward Bradenham, II,
Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     George Allen Ward seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motions for downward departure and for relief from

judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b), which the district court

construed as a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255

(West Supp. 2000).   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 rea-

soning of the district court.   See United States v. Ward, Nos. CR-

94-70-4; CA-97-49-4 (E.D. Va. Apr. 7, 2000). 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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