UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-7142
BRUCE RICE,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
M. E. RAY, Warden; FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTI-
TUTE, ESTILL,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-97-120-6)
Submitted: September 30, 1998 Decided: October 13, 1998
Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bruce Rice, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara Murcier Bowens, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Bruce Rice appeals the district court’s order denying relief
on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1994) petition. We recently upheld the
Bureau of Prisons’ policy of denying a sentence reduction under 18
U.S.C.A. § 3621(e) (West Supp. 1998) to a prisoner serving a sen-
tence for felony possession of a firearm. See Pelissero v. United
States, ___ F.3d ___, 1998 WL 559663, at *3-6 (4th Cir. Sept. 3,
1998) (No. 97-6156). Rice currently is incarcerated pursuant to a
conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Under
Pelissero, he is not entitled to the sentence reduction contem-
plated by § 3621(e)(2)(B). We therefore affirm the decision of the
district court. 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.
AFFIRMED
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