UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6831
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RONALD TORRENCE,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Statesville. Robert D. Potter, Senior
District Judge. (CR-94-1, CA-95-100-P)
Submitted: December 12, 1996 Decided: December 19, 1996
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ronald Torrence, Appellant Pro Se. Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Assis-
tant United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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
his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994), amended by Antiter-
rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-
132, 110 Stat. 1214, and the denial of his motion to reconsider. 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 the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. United States v. Torrence, Nos. CR-94-1; CA-95-100-P
(W.D.N.C. May 7, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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