                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-7478



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus

WALTER ALFRED DAVIS,

                                            Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Wilmington. W. Earl Britt, District
Judge. (CR-93-44-BR, CA-96-30-7-BR, CA-96-145-7-BR)


Submitted:   February 13, 1997         Decided:     February 26, 1997


Before WIDENER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Walter Alfred Davis, Appellant Pro Se.   Robert Edward Skiver,
Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying

his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994), amended by Antiter-
rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-

132, 110 Stat. 1214. 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 reasoning of the district court. United States v. Davis, Nos.
CR-93-44-BR; CA-96-30-7-BR; CA-96-145-7-BR (E.D.N.C. July 1, 1996).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-

tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court
and argument would not aid the decisional process.




                                                         DISMISSED




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