                              UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                              No. 96-7704



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                               Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus

CHARLES EDWARD RANCHER,

                                              Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Elkins. Robert Earl Maxwell, Senior
District Judge. (CR-89-268, CA-96-31-5)


Submitted:   April 17, 1997                 Decided:   April 29, 1997


Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Charles Edward Rancher, Appellant Pro Se. Robert H. McWilliams,
Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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.A. § 2255 (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 ap-

pealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. United States v. Rancher, Nos. CR-89-268; CA-96-31-5 (N.D.W.
Va. Oct. 16, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

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




                                                         DISMISSED




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