IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                           No. 95-50514

                          Summary Calendar
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          TERRENCE R. SPELLMON,

                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

          v.

          DAN MORALES, Attorney General, ET AL.,

                                Defendants-Appellees.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Western District of Texas
                           (A-94-CV-464)
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                           April 9, 1996
Before KING, GARWOOD, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Terrence Spellmon appeals from the dismissal of his suit,

without prejudice, for failure to exhaust state-court remedies.

Because Spellmon fails to state a constitutional violation, he

has not stated a claim for relief under either 28 U.S.C. § 2254

or 42 U.S.C. § 1983.   see Orellana v. Kyle, 

, 31 (5th

Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 

(1996).   The district

court's judgment is AFFIRMED.



     *
      Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.