UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6597

MARCUS LEE COCKERHAM, Petitioner - Appellant, versus GEORGE TRENT, Warden, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis- trict of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, District Judge. (CA-95-310-1)

Submitted: February 27, 1997 Decided: March 10, 1997

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Marcus Lee Cockerham, Appellant Pro Se. Dawn E. Warfield, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Vir- ginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 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 accepting the recommendation of the magis- trate judge, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal; to the extent that a cer- tificate of appealability is required, we deny such a certificate.

We dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.

Cockerham v. Trent, No. CA-95-310-1 (S.D.W. Va. Mar. 27, 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 decisional process.

DISMISSED