                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 97-6745



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIAN, a/k/a Leroy,

                                             Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Winston-Salem. William L. Osteen, Sr.,
District Judge. (CR-91-230-WS, CA-96-603-6)


Submitted:   July 24, 1997                 Decided:   August 7, 1997


Before HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Anthony Christopher Christian, Appellant Pro Se. Lisa Blue Boggs,
Assistant United States Attorney, Robert Michael Hamilton, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no

reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal-
ability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district

court. United States v. Christian, Nos. CR-91-230-WS; CA-96-603-6
(M.D.N.C. Apr. 1, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.




                                                         DISMISSED




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