text:                              UNPUBLISHED
  
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
  
  
  
                               No. 97-6958
  
  
  
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
  
                                                 Plaintiff - Appellee,
  
            versus
  
  
  NILGEL R. PARKER,
  
                                                Defendant - Appellant.
  
  
  
  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
  South Carolina, at Aiken. Charles E. Simons, Jr., Senior District
  Judge. (CR-91-577, CA-96-3879-1)
  
  
  Submitted:   November 25, 1997             Decided:   January 9, 1998
  
  
  Before HALL, ERVIN, and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.
  
  
  Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
  
  
  Nilgel R. Parker, Appellant Pro Se. Jane Barrett Taylor, OFFICE OF
  THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
  
  
  Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
  See Local Rule 36(c).
  PER CURIAM:
  
       Nilgel Parker seeks to appeal the district court's order
  
  denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 &
  
  Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's
  opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a cer-
  
  tificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning
  
  of the district court.*   United States v. Parker, Nos. CR-91-577;
  
  CA-96-3879-1 (D.S.C. May 5, 1997). 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 deci-
  sional process.
  
  
  
  
                                                           DISMISSED
  
  
  
  
      *
         Appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim is not
  properly before this court because he did not raise it in the dis-
  trict court. See Muth v. United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir.
  1993).
  
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