UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6268

GORDON SEXTON, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

W. J. THOMPSON, Warden, FCI-Morgantown; JANET RENO, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. William M. Kidd, Senior District Judge. (CA-96-141-1)

Submitted: September 29, 1998 Decided: October 23, 1998

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gordon Sexton, Appellant Pro Se. Rita R. Valdrini, Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Gordon Sexton appeals a district court order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1994). In light of our recent decision in Pelissero v. Thompson and Hayes v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, ___ F.3d ___, 1998 WL 559663 (4th Cir. Sept. 3, 1998) (No. 97-6156, 97-6221), we affirm the district court order.

We deny Sexton’s motions for sanctions and for appointment of coun- sel but grant his motion to present newly discovered case law. 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