                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 96-7566



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


ERNEST LEE GRIMES, JR.,

                                            Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Fox, Chief
District Judge. (CR-95-67-F, CA-96-127-7-F)


Submitted:   May 29, 1997                   Decided:   June 5, 1997


Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Ernest Lee Grimes, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Bruce Charles Johnson,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying

his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1997).

We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap-

pealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. United States v. Grimes, Nos. CR-95-67-F, CA-96-127-7-F
(E.D.N.C. Sept. 25, 1996). 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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