UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6818
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
CORNELL CRAWFORD,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CR-
94-286-S, CA-96-1181-S)
Submitted: January 23, 1997 Decided: January 31, 1997
Before RUSSELL, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Cornell Crawford, Appellant Pro Se. Maury S. Epner, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
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. 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 district court.* United States v. Crawford, Nos.
CR-94-286-S, CA-96-1181-S (D. Md. Apr. 18, 1996). We dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-
ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
*
Appellant's motion to expedite is now moot and is dismissed
for that reason.
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