UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7227

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

WENDELL ELLIOT RICCO, a/k/a Money Mike, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, District Judge. (CR-93-19, CA-97-488-R)

Submitted: July 22, 1998 Decided: July 31, 1998

Before ERVIN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Wendell Elliot Ricco, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Randall Ramseyer, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Abingdon, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 his motion for reconsideration of the denial of his 28 U.S.C.A.

§ 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998) motion. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Ricco, Nos. CR-93-19; CA-97-488-R (W.D. Va. Aug. 12, 1997). We deny Appellant’s motion to authorize preparation of a transcript at gov- ernment expense. 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