UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6468
STEWART LINWOOD PERSINGER,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
LONNIE M. SAUNDERS; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, District Judge.
(CA-95-426-R)
Submitted: August 22, 1996 Decided: September 4, 1996
Before RUSSELL, HALL, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Stewart Linwood Persinger, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Beman Beasley,
Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Vir-
ginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. Persinger
v. Saunders, No. CA-95-426-R (W.D. Va. Mar. 19, 1996). 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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