                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-6341



WILLIAM M. BAILEY,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

THOMAS R. CORCORAN; 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-
94-3620-WMN)


Submitted:   August 22, 1996          Decided:   September 10, 1996


Before RUSSELL, HALL, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


William M. Bailey, Appellant Pro Se. Ann Norman Bossee, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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.
Bailey v. Corcoran, No. CA-94-3620-WMN (D. Md. Feb. 29, 1996). 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. The motion for
appointment of counsel is denied.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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