                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-6108



TURONE LAMONT LEA, I,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

DANIEL T. MAHON,

                                            Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-95-49-3)


Submitted:   May 16, 1996                   Decided:   June 5, 1996


Before RUSSELL, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Turone Lamont Lea, I, Appellant Pro Se. Robert H. Anderson, III,
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

     Appellant seeks to appeal the magistrate judge's order denying

relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition.* We have reviewed
the record and the magistrate judge's opinion and find no rever-

sible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability

and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the magistrate judge.

Lea v. Mahon, No. CA-95-49-3 (E.D. Va. Dec. 19, 1995). 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




    *
      The parties consented to disposition by a magistrate judge
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1988).

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