                               UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                               No. 98-6079



HENRY WILLIAMS,

                                                Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; MICHAEL MOORE, Com-
missioner of South Carolina Department of
Corrections; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA,

                                               Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence.   David C. Norton, District Judge.
(CA-97-152-18BE-4)


Submitted:   October 8, 1998                 Decided:   October 22, 1998


Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Henry Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy
Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Henry Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order

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 deny

a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the rea-

soning of the district court. Williams v. South Carolina, No. CA-

97-152-18BE-4 (D.S.C. Dec. 5, 1997). 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 deci-

sional process.




                                                         DISMISSED




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