                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 95-8559



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus

CHARLES RUSSELL FORD,

                                            Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Hiram H. Ward, Senior
District Judge. (CR-90-89-G, CA-95-73-2)


Submitted:   May 16, 1996                   Decided:   May 31, 1996


Before RUSSELL, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Charles Russell Ford, Appellant Pro Se.     David Bernard Smith,
Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying his

28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1988) motion. 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 appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reason-
ing of the district court. United States v. Ford, Nos. CR-90-89-G;
CA-95-73-2 (M.D.N.C. Oct. 18, 1995). 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 deci-
sional process.




                                                         DISMISSED




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