                            UNPUBLISHED

                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 97-6895



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellee,

         versus


JAMES KEVIN NELSON,

                                              Claimant - Appellant,

         and

ONE 1990 MERCEDES BENZ 560SL, VIN WDMCA39E8LA505310,

                                                          Defendant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-95-
2546-L)


Submitted:   September 25, 1997           Decided:   October 9, 1997


Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


James Kevin Nelson, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Charles Kay, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).




PER CURIAM:

     Appellant appeals the district court's order denying his mo-
tion for return of property under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(e). We have

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

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

district court. United States v. Nelson, No. CA-95-2546-L (D. Md.
June 10, 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.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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