UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-7232
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
SANTINO LARON SYKES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. John A. MacKenzie, Senior District
Judge. (CR-94-50, CA-96-448)
Submitted: November 26, 1996 Decided: December 17, 1996
Before ERVIN, WILKINS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Santino Laron Sykes, Appellant Pro Se. Janet S. Reincke, OFFICE OF
THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 Anti-
terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-
132, 110 Stat. 1214. 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 rea-
soning of the district court. United States v. Sykes, Nos. CR-94-
50; CA-96-448 (E.D. Va. July 24, 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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