                 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                             No. 95-30937
                           Summary Calendar
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     Charles Carrigan,

                                         Petitioner-Appellant,

                                versus

     Edgar C. Day, Warden, Washington Correctional
     Institution; Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney
     General, State of Louisiana,

                                         Respondents-Appellees.

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      Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                  Eastern District of Louisiana
                      USDC No. CA95-1213-E
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                          April 17, 1996



Before KING, SMITH, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:*

     Charles Carrigan appeals from the district court's dismissal

without prejudice of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of

habeas corpus, for failure to exhaust state remedies.    A review of

the record supports the district court's finding that, as to most

of the claims Carrigan now raises, he has failed to seek relief


*
     Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
from the Louisiana Supreme Court.            See Carrigan v. Day, No. CA95-

1213-E   (E.D.    La.   Aug.   2,   1995).      Carrigan's   assertion   that

exhaustion would be an "exercise in futility" is not supported by

the record.      The district court correctly dismissed Carrigan's §

2254 action for failure to exhaust his state remedies.

AFFIRMED.




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