                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 99-6907



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


ELBERT BLANGO,

                                              Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District
Judge. (CR-95-350-A)


Submitted:   November 18, 1999         Decided:     November 23, 1999


Before WILKINS, HAMILTON, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Elbert Blango, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Philip Rosenberg, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Elbert Blango appeals the district court's order denying his

motion for relief from judgment, sentence or order.    We have re-

viewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no

reversible error.   Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the

district court. See United States v. Blango, No. CR-95-350-A (E.D.

Va. Jan. 27, 1999).*   We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




     *
       Although the district court's order is marked as "filed" on
January 26, 1999, the district court's records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on January 27, 1999. Pursuant to Rules
58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the
date that the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as
the effective date of the district court's decision. See Wilson v.
Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).


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