UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-7049

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus CRAIG LAWRENCE THOMAS, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. John R. Hargrove, Senior District Judge. (CR-90-475-HAR, CA-96-136-HAR)

Submitted: October 29, 1996 Decided: November 7, 1996

Before MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Craig Lawrence Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Raymond Allen Bonner, As- sistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1988) motion. 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 the appeal as frivolous on the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Thomas, Nos. CR-90-475-HAR; CA-96-136-HAR (D. Md. June 19, 1996).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED