UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-6336

FLETCHER LEWIS FARRAR, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL; TOM C. MARTIN, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro. James A. Beaty, Jr., Dis- trict Judge. (CA-97-313-2)

Submitted: September 22, 1998 Decided: October 7, 1998

Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Fletcher Lewis Farrar, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Fletcher Lewis Farrar appeals the district court’s order deny- ing relief on his petition filed under 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 certif- icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Farrar v. North Carolina Attorney General, No. CA-97-313-2 (M.D.N.C. Feb. 6, 1998). 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