UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-7653

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

DAMON JONES,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CR- 94-441-PJM, CA-97-4330-PJM)

Submitted: March 9, 2000 Decided: March 15, 2000

Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Damon Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Rod J. Rosenstein, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Damon Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s orders deny-

ing his motion filed under

(West Supp. 1999).

We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of

appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the dis-

trict court. See United States v. Jones, Nos. CR-94-441-PJM; CA-

97-4330-PJM (D. Md. Oct. 29, 1999).* We dispense with oral argu-

ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before the court and argument would not

aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

* Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on October 28, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on October 29, 1999. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray,

(4th Cir. 1986).

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