                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 01-7309



BERNARD ANTHONY MURPHY, SR.,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


RONALD J. ANGELONE,

                                            Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior District
Judge. (CA-01-168-7)


Submitted:   November 8, 2001          Decided:     November 19, 2001


Before WILKINS, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Bernard Anthony Murphy, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. Paul Christopher
Galanides, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond,
Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Bernard Anthony Murphy, Sr., seeks to appeal 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 and find no reversible

error.    Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and

dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.           Murphy

v. Angelone, No. CA-01-168-7 (W.D. Va. July 31, 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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