UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-7694

RONALD A. WILSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

SEWALL SMITH, Warden; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR., Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-94- 824-L)

Submitted: May 28, 1998 Decided: June 9, 1998

Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald A. Wilson, Appellant Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., At- torney General, Mary Jennifer Landis, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Ronald A. Wilson 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. 1998)).

We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge 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. Wilson v. Smith, No. CA-94-824-L (D. Md. Sept. 30, 1996). See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. __, 1997 WL 338568 (U.S. June 23, 1997) (No. 96-6298). We dispense with oral argument be- cause the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the deci- sional process.

DISMISSED