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104 F.3d 359
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Daniel Lee FRANK, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 96-6896.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 12, 1996.Decided Dec. 19, 1996.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk.  J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Senior District Judge.  (CR-93-165, CA-96-234-2)
Daniel Lee Frank, Appellant Pro Se.  Robert Edward Bradenham II, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia;  Michael James Cummings, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellee.
E.D.Va.
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

1
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994), amended by Antiterrorism 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 substantially on the reasoning of the district court.  United States v. Frank, Nos.  CR-93-165;  CA-96-234-2 (E.D.Va. Apr. 18, 1996).  Appellants' claims were either raised and rejected on direct appeal, Boeckenhaupt v. United States, 537 F.2d 1182, 1183 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 863 (1976), or were nonconstitutional claims that could have been raised on direct appeal but were not.  Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 477 n. 10 (1976).  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.

2
DISMISSED.