                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 98-6864



GREGORY A. CASON, a/k/a George Cason,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


SEWALL SMITH, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND,

                                           Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.   William M. Nickerson, District Judge.
(CA-97-1263-WMN)


Submitted:   October 27, 1998           Decided:    November 10, 1998


Before MURNAGHAN, WILKINS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Gregory A. Cason, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., At-
torney General, David Jonathan Taube, Assistant Attorney General,
Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals the district court’s order denying relief on

his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.

1998). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion

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

appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the dis-

trict court. Cason v. Smith, No. CA-97-1263-WMN (D. Md. June 4,

1998). 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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