                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 98-7397



KEVIN D. BURCKHALTER,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


P. DOUGLAS TAYLOR; Warden; MICHAEL MOORE,
Director of SCDC; 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 Greenville. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-98-1416-6-17AK)


Submitted:   December 17, 1998            Decided:   January 7, 1999


Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Kevin D. Burckhalter, Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Kevin D. Burckhalter appeals the district court’s order deny-

ing 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 accepting the recommendation of the magistrate

judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certif-

icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of

the district court.   See Burckhalter v. Taylor, No. CA-98-1416-6-

17AK (D.S.C. Aug. 18, 1998).      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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