                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 98-6884



ROBERT P. JONES,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


GEORGE TRENT, Warden,

                                              Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Charleston. Charles H. Haden II, Chief
District Judge. (CA-97-1146-2)


Submitted:   January 21, 1999             Decided:   February 5, 1999


Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Matthew Anthony Victor, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant.
Rory Lee Perry, II, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIR-
GINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Robert P. Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West

1994 & Supp. 1998).   We have reviewed the record and the district

court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate

judge and find no reversible error.    Accordingly, we deny Jones’

motion for a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on

the reasoning of the district court.   See Jones v. Trent, No. CA-

97-1146-2 (S.D.W. Va. May 21, 1998).   We dispense with oral argu-

ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately pre-

sented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid

the decisional process.




                                                         DISMISSED




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