UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6550

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

WAYNE EDWARDS, Defendant - Appellant.

No. 97-6578

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus MELVIN CURTIS COX, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Spartanburg. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (CR-88-181, CA-96-3105-7-17, CA-96-2934-7-17)

Submitted: August 14, 1997 Decided: August 25, 1997 Before NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Wayne Edwards, Melvin Curtis Cox, Appellants Pro Se. Alfred William Walker Bethea, Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellants seek to appeal the district court's orders denying their motions filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's opin- ions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certifi- cate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Edwards, Nos. CR-88-181; CA- 96-3105-7-17 (D.S.C. Mar. 26, 1997); United States v. Cox, Nos. CR- 88-181; CA-96-2934-7-17 (D.S.C. Mar. 26, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate- ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED