UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 01-7214



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                               Plaintiff - Appellee,

          versus


NORMAN MALCOLM BARTON, a/k/a Doggie,

                                            Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Fayetteville. Malcolm J. Howard,
District Judge. (CR-88-46-H, CA-01-295-5-H)


Submitted:   February 14, 2002         Decided:     February 22, 2002


Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Norman Malcolm Barton, Appellant Pro Se. John Stuart Bruce, United
States Attorney, Rudolf A. Renfer, Jr., Assistant United States
Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Norman Malcolm Barton seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.

2001).   We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin-

ion and find no reversible error.    Accordingly, we deny a certif-

icate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of

the district court.   United States v. Barton, Nos. CR-88-46-H; CA-

01-295-5-H (E.D.N.C. June 1, 2001). 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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