                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 96-6335



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus

VERNON RAY ROBERTSON,

                                             Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Winston-Salem. Richard C. Erwin,
Senior District Judge. (CR-93-261, CA-94-500-6)


Submitted:   July 23, 1996                 Decided:   August 5, 1996


Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Vernon Ray Robertson, Appellant Pro Se. Paul Alexander Weinman,
Assistant 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 appeals from the district court's order denying his

motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1988), as amended by
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.

104-132, 110 Stat. 1217. We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magis-

trate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on

the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Robertson,

Nos. CR-93-261; CA-94-500-6 (M.D.N.C. Feb. 5, 1996). 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. We deny Appellant's motion to

expedite the appeal as moot.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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