Notice: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) States That Citation of Unpublished Dispositions is Disfavored Except for Establishing Res Judicata, Estoppel, or the Law of the Case and Requires Service of Copies of Cited Unpublished Dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.thomas G. Ruthers, Ii, Petitioner-appellant, v. John Gulch, Warden, Fci Bastrop; State of West Virginia,respondents-appellees, 85 F.3d 617 (4th Cir. 1996)

Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss on the reasoning of the district court. Ruthers v. Gulch, No. CA-94-206-2 (N.D.W. Va. Dec. 6, 1995). Appellant identified several issues in his informal brief which he claims were not ruled on by the district court. We find that these issues were either incorporated into the district court's ruling, or wholly without merit. 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