UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 95-7954

MAURICE JAMES LIVELY; ROBERT LEON BUCKNER; VICKI LORRAINE WHITE, Appellants, and STEVEN M. JOHNSON; RANDOLPH E. HIVELY; ROBERT E. MCDONALD; LAUNDIS JOHNSON; WINSTON LLOYD; RONALD SAUNDERS; ROBERT BOONE; JAMES M.

MINNIEFIELD-EL; JOHN FRANCIS BRISCOE; ANDRE D.

GREEN, Plaintiffs, versus

BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD LANHAM; WILLIAM L. SMITH; EARL BESHEARS; LLOYD WATERS; THOMAS CORCORAN; GEORGE KALORUMAKIS; JOSEPH SACCHET; RONALD MOATS; SEWALL SMITH; KATHLEEN S. GREEN; J. PETERSON; LIEUTENANT PICKETT, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Edward S. Northrop, Senior District Judge. (CA-94-2871-N)

Submitted: March 21, 1996 Decided: April 12, 1996 Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Maurice James Lively, Robert Leon Buckner, Vicki Lorraine White, Appellants Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Stephanie Judith Lane-Weber, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellants appeal from the district court's order denying their motion for joinder filed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 20, which we construed as a motion to intervene under Fed. R. Civ. P. 24. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no abuse of discretion. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Lively v. Robinson, No. CA-94-2871-N (D. Md. Nov. 15, 1995). 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.

AFFIRMED