                               UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                               No. 97-7667



DARNELL S. HOWARD,

                                              Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


THOMAS CORCORAN; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND,

                                             Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CA-
97-1421-PJM)


Submitted:   August 27, 1998             Decided:   September 10, 1998


Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Randolph O’Neil Gregory, Sr., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.
Mary Ellen Barbera, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Mary-
land, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals the district court’s order denying relief on

his motion for enlargement of time to file a petition under 28

U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998). We have reviewed 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. Howard v. Corcoran, No. CA-97-

1421-PJM (D. Md. Oct. 8, 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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