
    Ronnie SMALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carla E. OKONEK-SMITH, Respondent-Appellee, and State of North Carolina, Respondent.
    No. 01-6386.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted July 12, 2001.
    Decided July 20, 2001.
    Ronnie Small, pro se. Clarence Joe Del-Forge, III, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, for appellee.
    Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Ronnie Small 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 district court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Small v. Okonek-Smith, No. CA-00-52 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 17, 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.  