                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-6699



ARMAND KOCHI,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

DONALD GUILLORY,

                                            Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Chief District
Judge. (CA-95-788-R)


Submitted:   August 22, 1996           Decided:     September 5, 1996


Before HALL, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Armand Kochi, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Andrew Witmer, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying

relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), amended
by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub L.

No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. We have reviewed the record and the

district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of probable cause; to the extent that a cer-

tificate of appealability is required, we deny such a certificate.

We dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Kochi

v. Guillory, No. CA-95-788-R (W.D. Va. Mar. 26, 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.




                                                         DISMISSED




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