UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 95-7109

STEVE R. LUCAS, Petitioner - Appellant, versus PARKER EVATT, Director, South Carolina Depart- ment of Corrections; RICKIE HARRISON, Warden, Manning Correctional Institute; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (CA-94-3243-2-17AJ)

Submitted: December 14, 1995 Decided: January 11, 1996 Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Steve R. Lucas, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 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 deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Lucas v. Evatt, No. CA-94-3243-2-17AJ (D.S.C. June 29, 1995). 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