                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 02-7488



RONALD M. SMITH,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


STEVEN J. GAL, Warden, FCI, Estill,

                                              Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Anderson. David C. Norton, District Judge. (CA-
01-3651-8-18BI)


Submitted:   December 19, 2002            Decided:   January 6, 2003


Before WILKINS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Ronald M. Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara Murcier Bowens, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Ronald M. Smith, a federal prisoner, appeals the district

court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge

and denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241

(2000).   We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See

Smith v. Gal, No. CA-01-3651-8-18BI (D.S.C. Sept. 25, 2002).    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.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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