UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6507

DENNIS STRAPEC,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

VIRGINIA PAROLE BOARD; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District Judge. (CA-96-337)

Submitted: November 6, 1997 Decided: November 19, 1997

Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Joseph William Kaestner, KAESTNER & PITNEY, P.C., Richmond, Virgin- ia; Edward D. Ross, Jr., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Linwood Theodore Wells, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virgin- ia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 orders denying

relief on his petition filed under

(1994) (current

version at

(West 1994 & Supp. 1997)). We have

reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and orders and

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of

the district court. Strapec v. Virginia Parole Bd., No. CA-96-337 (E.D. Va. Oct. 22, 1996; Mar. 26, 1997). See Lindh v. Murphy,

,

(U.S. June 23, 1997) (No. 96-6298). 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

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