                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 99-6337



JOHN HENRY WEST, III,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


WARDEN, RED ONION STATE PRISON; ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,

                                          Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CA-99-60)


Submitted:   May 13, 1999                   Decided:   May 19, 1999


Before WIDENER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Cir-
cuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Mark Alan Epstein, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Marla Graff
Decker, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     John Henry West, III, seeks to appeal the district court’s

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

(West 1994 & Supp. 1998).   We have reviewed the record and 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.   See West v. Warden, Red Onion

State Prison, No. CA-99-60 (E.D. Va. Feb. 3, 1999).     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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