                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 99-6602



KARMAN JONATHAN SAULS,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


BARRY STANTON, Director, Prince George’s Coun-
ty Detention Center; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR.,
Attorney General for 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-98-3784-WMN)


Submitted:   November 4, 1999             Decided:   November 9, 1999


Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Douglas James Wood, ROBERTS & WOOD, Riverdale, Maryland, for Ap-
pellant.   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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

     Karman Jonathan Sauls seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254

(West 1994 & Supp. 1999).   We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict court’s opinion and find no reversible error.    Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on

the reasoning of the district court.   See Sauls v. Stanton, No. CA-

98-3784-WMN (D. Md. Apr. 19, 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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