UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6369

CHANNING T. FURR, Petitioner - Appellant, versus DIRECTOR, Virginia Department of Corrections; DALE A. GARDNER, Sheriff; DARNLEY HODGE, Supervisor, Clarke-Frederick-Winchester Adult Detention Center, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Chief District Judge. (CA-94-1098-R)

Submitted: December 19, 1996 Decided: December 31, 1996 Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

J. Lloyd Snook, III, SNOOK & HAUGHEY, P.C., Charlottesville, Virginia; John Christian Lowe, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIR- GINIA, Richmond, Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), amended by Antiterrorism 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 the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Furr v. Director, No. CA-94- 1098-R (W.D. Va. Feb. 7, 1996). 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 deci- sional process.

DISMISSED