UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994), amended by Antiter- rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104- 132, 110 Stat. 1214, 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