UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 99-7340



EDWIN GUNN,

                                              Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


MARK HENRY,

                                               Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge. (CA-
99-2222-DKC)


Submitted:    January 20, 2000             Decided:   February 1, 2000


Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Edwin Gunn, Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Edwin Gunn appeals the district court’s order denying relief

on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1994) petition.   We have reviewed the rec-

ord and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See

Gunn v. Henry, No. CA-99-2222-DKC (D. Md. Aug. 31, 1999).*    We also

deny Gunn’s motion for appointment of counsel.     We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-

ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.




                                                             AFFIRMED




     *
       Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on
August 30, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on August 31, 1999. Pursuant to Rules
58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the
date the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the
effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v.
Murray, 

, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).


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