                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 01-7680



GEORGE R. WERTZ, JR.,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


MICHAEL MOORE, Director of South Carolina
Department of Corrections; CHARLES M. CONDON,
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.   Cameron McGowan Currie, District
Judge. (CA-98-1577-4-22-BF)


Submitted:   January 31, 2002             Decided:   February 8, 2002


Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


George R. Wertz, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief
Deputy Attorney General, William Edgar Salter, III, OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     George R. Wertz, Jr., appeals the district court’s order deny-

ing his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion seeking reconsideration of the

district court’s order denying relief on his petition filed under

28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001).     We have reviewed the

record and the district court’s opinion accepting the recommen-

dation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the

appeal on the reasoning of the district court.    Wertz v. Moore, No.

CA-98-1577-4-22-BF (D.S.C. Aug. 27, 2001).     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




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