                              UNPUBLISHED

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 99-6118



MICHAEL A. GOODE,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


DIRECTOR OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

                                             Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District Judge.
(CA-98-572-3)


Submitted:   April 29, 1999                    Decided:   May 5, 1999


Before WILLIAMS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Michael A. Goode, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Drummond Bagwell, As-
sistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Michael Goode seeks to appeal the district court’s orders

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 and find no reversible error.      Accordingly, we

grant in forma pauperis status but deny a certificate of appeal-

ability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district

court.   See Goode v. Director Virginia Dep’t of Corrections, No.

CA-98-572-3 (E.D. Va. Jan. 6 & Jan. 20, 1999).    We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-

ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.




                                                         DISMISSED




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