                               UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                               No. 99-6685



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


RICHARD DARIN PIERCE,

                                                Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro.    James A. Beaty, Jr.,
District Judge. (CR-92-285-2, CA-97-1034-1)


Submitted:   August 19, 1999                 Decided:   August 26, 1999


Before WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Cir-
cuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Richard Darin Pierce, Appellant Pro Se. Lisa Blue Boggs, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

     Richard Darin Pierce 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 a certificate of ap-

pealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district

court. See United States v. Pierce, Nos. CR-92-285-2; CA-97-1034-1

(M.D.N.C. Apr. 27, 1999). We deny Pierce’s motion for an expedited

appeal. 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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