UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6860

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus CLINTON F. TAYLOR, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Newport News. Robert G. Doumar, Senior District Judge. (CR-91-58, CA-95-23-NN)

Submitted: October 3, 1996 Decided: October 15, 1996

Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Francis McQuaid Lawrence, ST. JOHN, BOWLING & LAWRENCE, Charlottes- ville, Virginia, for Appellant. Harvey Lee Bryant, III, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying his motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1988), amended by Antiter- rorism 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 appealability and dismiss on the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Taylor, Nos. CR-91-58; CA-95-23-NN (E.D. Va. Mar. 29, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma- terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED