UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 99-7251



ROBERT ALLISON BRUCE,

                                             Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus


RONALD ANGELONE,

                                              Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge.
(CA-98-1426-2)


Submitted:   May 31, 2000                 Decided:   October 17, 2000


Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Robert Allison Bruce, Appellant Pro Se.      Michael Thomas Judge,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Robert Allison Bruce seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254

(West 1994 & Supp. 2000).   We have reviewed the record and the dis-

trict court’s opinion and find no reversible error.    Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on

the reasoning of the district court.    See Bruce v. Angelone, No.

CA-98-1426-2 (E.D. Va. Aug. 19, 1999).*      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




     *
       Although the district court relied upon Green v. French, 

 (4th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 

 (1999), the
denial of relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 was still correct under
the standards announced in Williams v. Taylor,     U.S.    , 120 S.
Ct. 1495, 1523 (2000).


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