UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 95-7998
JAMES BENJAMIN DAVIS, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
FRANKLIN E. FREEMAN, JR.; JACK TURLINGTON,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, District
Judge. (CA-95-134-5-HC-BR)
Submitted: May 16, 1996 Decided: May 31, 1996
Before RUSSELL, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Nora Henry Hargrove, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellant.
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying
relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition. We have reviewed
the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible
error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dis-
miss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Davis v.
Freeman, No. CA-95-134-5-HC-BR (E.D.N.C. Oct. 5, 1995). We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-
quately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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