UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-7294

MICHAEL O. BILLINGTON, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

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

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge. (CA-95-568)

Submitted: June 30, 1998 Decided: July 16, 1998

Before MURNAGHAN and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gerald Thomas Zerkin, GERALD T. ZERKIN & ASSOCIATES, Richmond, Vir- ginia, for Appellant. Leah Ann Darron, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Michael O. Billington seeks to appeal the district court’s orders 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 opinions and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a cer- tificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Billington v. Angelone, No. CA-95- (E.D. Va. Jan. 4 and July 26, 1996). See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. ___, 1997 WL 338568 (U.S. June 23, 1997) (No. 96-6298). We also deny Billington’s motion for a certificate of appealability.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED