                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No.  02-6416



KELLY LAMONTE BROOKS,

                                           Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


RONALD J. ANGELONE,

                                            Respondent - Appellee. 



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.  Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. ( CA-01-412-AM)


Submitted:   July 25, 2002                 Decided:   July 31, 2002


Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. 


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 


Kelly Lamonte Brooks, Appellant Pro Se.  Leah Ann Darron, Assistant
Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. 


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Kelly Lamonte Brooks seeks to appeal the district court’s

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

(West 1994 & Supp.  2002).     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.    Brooks v. Angelone, No.  CA-

01-412-AM (E.D. Va. Feb. 1, 2002).    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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