UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6831

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

RONALD TORRENCE,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Statesville. Robert D. Potter, Senior District Judge. (CR-94-1, CA-95-100-P)

Submitted: December 12, 1996 Decided: December 19, 1996

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald Torrence, Appellant Pro Se. Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Assis- tant United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

his motion filed under

(1994), amended by Antiter- rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-

132,

, and the denial of his motion to reconsider. We

have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find

no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal-

ability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district

court. United States v. Torrence, Nos. CR-94-1; CA-95-100-P

(W.D.N.C. May 7, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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