UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7142

BRUCE RICE,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

M. E. RAY, Warden; FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTI- TUTE, ESTILL,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District Judge. (CA-97-120-6)

Submitted: September 30, 1998 Decided: October 13, 1998

Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Bruce Rice, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara Murcier Bowens, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Bruce Rice appeals the district court’s order denying relief

on his

(1994) petition. We recently upheld the

Bureau of Prisons’ policy of denying a sentence reduction under

(e) (West Supp. 1998) to a prisoner serving a sen-

tence for felony possession of a firearm. See Pelissero v. United

States, ___ F.3d ___,

(4th Cir. Sept. 3,

1998) (No. 97-6156). Rice currently is incarcerated pursuant to a

conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Under

Pelissero, he is not entitled to the sentence reduction contem-

plated by § 3621(e)(2)(B). We therefore affirm the decision of the

district court. 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.

AFFIRMED

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