                              UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 01-7823



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                               Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


JAMES B. TORRENCE, JR.,

                                            Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Beckley.   Joseph Robert Goodwin,
District Judge. (CR-96-180, CA-00-306-5)


Submitted:   March 29, 2002                 Decided:   May 14, 2002


Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


James B. Torrence, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.    Michael Lee Keller,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia,
for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     James B. Torrence, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 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. See United States v. Torrence, Nos. CR-96-180; CA-

00-306-5 (S.D.W. Va. Aug. 20, 2001). 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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