UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7346

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JOHN GERALD GERANT, a/k/a Jerry,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Alexander Harvey II, Senior District Judge. (CR-91-126-H, CA-97-1181-H)

Submitted: August 31, 1999 Decided: September 23, 1999

Before MURNAGHAN, ERVIN,* and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John Gerald Gerant, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew George Warrens Norman, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

* Judge Ervin participated in the consideration of this case but died prior to the time the decision was filed. The decision is filed by a quorum of the panel pursuant to

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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

PER CURIAM:

John Gerald Gerant appeals the district court’s order granting

in part and denying in part his motion filed under

(West Supp. 1999). We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss on the reasoning

of the district court. United States v. Gerant, Nos. CR-91-126-H;

CA-97-1181-H (D. Md. Sept. 9, 1997). 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

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