                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 97-6510



ANTWAN DARRELL JONES,

                                            Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


EUGENE NUTH; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND,

                                           Respondents - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA-
96-3991-S)


Submitted:   July 10, 1997                  Decided:   July 24, 1997


Before RUSSELL, HALL, and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Antwan Darrell Jones, Appellant Pro Se. 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 seeks to appeal 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 and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a cer-

tificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning
of the district court. Jones v. Nuth, CA-96-3991-S (D. Md. Mar. 17,
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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