                             UNPUBLISHED

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 02-6291



DWAIN LEE BRYANT,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Department of
Corrections,

                                             Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Robert G. Doumar, Senior District
Judge. (CA-01-388-2)


Submitted:   May 30, 2002                   Decided:   July 12, 2002


Before TRAXLER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


David Bernard Hargett, HARGETT & WATSON, P.L.C., Richmond,
Virginia, for Appellant.    Leah Ann Darron, Assistant Attorney
General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Dwain Lee Bryant 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 accepting the recommendation of the magistrate

judge and find no reversible error.            Accordingly, we deny a

certificate   of   appealability    and    dismiss   the   appeal    on   the

reasoning of the district court. Bryant v. Angelone, No. CA-01-388-

2 (E.D. Va. Jan. 22, 2002).    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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