                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 00-6049



KEVIN L. NEAL,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


DAVID ROBINSON, Warden,

                                             Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert v. Bryan, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CA-99-929-AM)


Submitted:   March 9, 2000                 Decided:   March 16, 2000


Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Kevin L. Neal, Appellant Pro Se. Eugene Paul Murphy, OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Kevin L. Neal seeks to appeal the district court’s order deny-

ing relief as untimely his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254

(West 1994 & Supp. 1999).   We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict 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.   See Neal v. Robinson, No. CA-

99-929-AM (E.D. Va. Sept. 1, 1999).*        We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before the court and argument would not

aid the decisional process.




                                                          DISMISSED




     *
       We construe Neal’s letter filed September 23, 1999, as a
timely notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 3(c)(A).


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