                              UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 99-6472



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


LINWOOD BERNARD AUSTIN,

                                               Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Frank W. Bullock, Jr.,
Chief District Judge. (CR-95-249, CA-98-241-1)


Submitted:   August 5, 1999                 Decided:   August 11, 1999


Before MURNAGHAN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Linwood Bernard Austin, Appellant Pro Se. Benjamin H. White, Jr.,
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

     Linwood Bernard Austin seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.

1999).   We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin-

ion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find

no reversible error.   Accordingly, we deny Austin’s motions for a

certificate of appealability and preparation of a transcript at

government expense and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the

district court.   See United States v. Austin, Nos. CR-95-249; CA-

98-241-1 (M.D.N.C. Feb. 11, 1999).   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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