                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No.  99-6465



JOHN ARDELL MCKENZIE,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                            Respondent - Appellee. 



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh.  Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. ( CA-98-959-5-H)


Submitted:   June 17, 1999                 Decided:   June 23, 1999


Before MURNAGHAN and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge. 


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 


John Ardell McKenzie, Appellant Pro Se. 


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 
See Local Rule 36(c). 
PER CURIAM:

     John Ardell McKenzie seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254

(West 1994 & Supp.  1998).    We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict 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.  See McKenzie v. United States,

No.  CA-98-959-5-H (E.D.N.C. Mar. 10, 1999).    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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