                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 00-6480



JASON DENNIS HIBBS,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


JACK LEE, Warden; RICHARD CULLEN,

                                            Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke.    James C. Turk, District Judge.
(CA-99-726)


Submitted:   September 26, 2000           Decided:   October 19, 2000


Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


John William Acree, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellant. John
H. McLees, Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Rich-
mond, Virginia, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Jason Dennis Hibbs seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West

1994 & Supp. 2000).   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

reasoning of the district court.       See Hibbs v. Lee, No. CA-99-726

(W.D. Va. Mar. 6, 2000).   We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.




                                                             DISMISSED




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