UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6194

JAMES F. DEGOURVILLE, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

JANET RENO, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District Judge. (CA-98-160)

Submitted: November 23, 1999 Decided: December 17, 1999

Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James F. DeGourville, Appellant Pro Se. Joan Elizabeth Evans, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia; Frank Watson Hunger, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: James F. DeGourville, a resident alien, appeals the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1994) peti- tion. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the rea- soning of the district court. See DeGourville v. Reno, No. CA-98- (E.D. Va. Dec. 16, 1998). We deny DeGourville's motion for appointment of counsel; we dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate- rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED