                             UNPUBLISHED

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 96-6252



EDDIE LEE HARRIS,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

LLOYD WATERS; JOSEPH CURRAN, JR., 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-
95-1907-WMN)


Submitted:   August 13, 1996               Decided:   August 27, 1996


Before MURNAGHAN and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Eddie Lee Harris, Appellant Pro Se. Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr., Assis-
tant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition. We have reviewed

the record and the district court's opinion accepting the recom-

mendation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court.
Harris v. Waters, No. CA-95-1907-WMN (D. Md. Jan. 31, 1996). We
deny the motion for oral argument and 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 deci-
sional process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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