                                UNPUBLISHED

                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                                No. 03-6944



KENNETH A. HINTON,

                                                Petitioner - Appellant,

             versus


UNITED STATES PAROLE         COMMISSION;   FEDERAL
BUREAU OF PRISONS,

                                               Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. (CA-02-574-5-HO)


Submitted:    August 14, 2003                 Decided:   August 22, 2003


Before WILLIAMS, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Kenneth A. Hinton, Appellant Pro Se.    Rudolf A. Renfer, Jr.,
Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Kenneth A. Hinton, a federal prisoner, appeals the district

court’s order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241 (2000).   We have reviewed the record and find no reversible

error.   Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the

district court. See Hinton v. United States Parole Comm’n, No. CA-

02-574-5-HO (E.D.N.C. May 29, 2003).     We further deny Hinton’s

motion for appointment of counsel.   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.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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