UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6572

SHAKA MACUMBA ZULU X, a/k/a Thomas E. Howard, a/k/a Michael Wayne Montgomery,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

MICHAEL W. MOORE, Director of South Carolina Department of Corrections; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; CHARLES M. CONDON, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (CA-97-987-4-13BE)

Submitted: October 10, 1997 Decided: October 28, 1997

Before ERVIN, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Shaka Macumba Zulu X, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

(West 1994 &

Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's

opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a cer-

tificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Zulu X v. Moore, No. CA-97-987-4-13BE (D.S.C. Apr. 15, 1997). We dis-

pense 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

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