UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6507

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

DOUG ANTHONY HICKS, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CR- 96-102, CA-99-844-S)

Submitted: October 21, 1999 Decided: October 27, 1999

Before WIDENER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Doug Anthony Hicks, Appellant Pro Se. Lynne Ann Battaglia, United States Attorney, Katharine Jacobs Armentrout, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Doug Anthony Hicks seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin- ion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certif- icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. See United States v. Hicks, Nos. CR-96-102; CA- 99-844-S (D. Md. Mar. 29, 1999). As for the issues Hicks asserts the district court failed to address, we have reviewed the claims and find them to be meritless. 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