                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 97-7424



PAUL DAVID GEORGE,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


GEORGE TRENT, Warden,

                                            Respondent - Appellee,

          and

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

                                                          Respondent.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Charleston. Charles H. Haden II, Chief
District Judge. (CA-97-328)


Submitted:   November 20, 1997         Decided:     December 11, 1997


Before MURNAGHAN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Paul David George, Appellant Pro Se. Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Dawn
Ellen Warfield, Molly Margaret McGinley, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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.

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 appealabil-
ity and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.

George v. Trent, No. CA-97-328 (S.D.W. Va. Sept. 25, 1997). 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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