UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-7019
SHERMAN L. LAMBERT,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
DUDLEY BURGESS, Administrator; SOUTHERN
REGIONAL JAIL,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Beckley. David A. Faber, District
Judge. (CA-97-188-5)
Submitted: December 11, 1997 Decided: December 30, 1997
Before HALL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sherman L. Lambert, Appellant Pro Se. Victor Shawn Woods, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Charleston, West Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 &
Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's
opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap-
pealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. Lambert v. Burgess, No. CA-97-188-5 (S.D.W. Va. July 18,
1997). 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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