                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 97-6664



TYRONE D. ROBINSON,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


RONALD ANGELONE, Director,

                                            Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-96-684)


Submitted:   September 11, 1997       Decided:   September 22, 1997


Before RUSSELL, MURNAGHAN, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Tyrone D. Robinson, Appellant Pro Se. Marla Graff Decker, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant seeks to appeal the magistrate judge's order* deny-
ing relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West

1994 & Supp. 1997). 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. Robinson v. Angelone, No. CA-96-684

(E.D. Va. Apr. 14, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.




                                                         DISMISSED




      *
        The parties consented to exercise of jurisdiction by a
magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) (1994).

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