UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6055

GARY LEON MORTON, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL; RICK JACKSON, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Richard C. Erwin, Senior District Judge. (CA-97-27-2)

Submitted: April 29, 1999 Decided: May 5, 1999

Before WILLIAMS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gary Leon Morton, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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: Gary Leon Morton appeals the district court’s order affirming the order of the magistrate judge denying his motion requesting a further stay of the running of the statute of limitations for his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998) petition. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal- ability and dismiss on the reasoning of the district court. See Morton v. North Carolina Attorney General, No. CA-97-27-2 (M.D.N.C. Dec. 4, 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