text:                               UNPUBLISHED
  
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
  
  
  
                                No. 97-7461
  
  
  
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
  
                                               Plaintiff - Appellee,
  
            versus
  
  
  HOWARD CHARLES HUDSON,
  
                                              Defendant - Appellant.
  
  
  
  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
  trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. John A. MacKenzie, Senior District
  Judge. (CR-93-156, CA-97-430-2)
  
  
  Submitted:   April 29, 1998                 Decided:   May 14, 1998
  
  
  Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
  
  
  Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
  
  
  Howard Charles Hudson, Appellant Pro Se. Fernando Groene, OFFICE
  OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.
  
  
  Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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
  
  his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998).
  
  We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and
  
  find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap-
  
  pealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
  court. United States v. Hudson, Nos. CR-93-156; CA-97-430-2 (E.D.
  Va. Sept. 17, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because the
  
  facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
  
  rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
  process.
  
  
  
  
                                                           DISMISSED
  
  
  
  
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