UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6141

HENRY LEE GERALDS, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Depart- ment of Corrections, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-96-340-2)

Submitted: November 18, 1997 Decided: December 2, 1997

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Henry Lee Geralds, Appellant Pro Se. Eugene Paul Murphy, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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) (current version at 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1997)). We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal, see Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. ___, 65 U.S.L.W.

4557 (U.S. June 23, 1997) (No. 96-6298), and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Geralds v. Angelone, No. CA- 96-340-2 (E.D. Va. Jan. 7, 1997). 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