                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 01-6431



JAMES FREDERICK STEVENSON,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


JAMES B. FRENCH, Warden, North Carolina De-
partment of Corrections,

                                            Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Statesville. Graham C. Mullen, Chief
District Judge. (CA-95-119-2-MU)


Submitted:   June 21, 2001                  Decided:   July 3, 2001


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


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


James Frederick Stevenson, Appellant Pro Se. R. Kendrick Cleveland,
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     James Frederick Stevenson seeks to appeal the district court’s

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

(West 1994 & Supp. 2000).   We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict court’s opinion and find no reversible error.    Accordingly,

we deny Stevenson’s motion for a certificate of appealability and

dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Steven-

son v. French, No. CA-95-119-2-MU (W.D.N.C. filed Mar. 7, 2001;

entered Mar. 8, 2001).   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




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