UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-1670

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus GRACE HAWKINS COOK, a/k/a Grace L. Cook, Claimant - Appellant, and 8619 MULBERRY STREET, LAUREL, MARYLAND, with all buildings, appurtenances and improvements thereon, Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CA- 93-3970-PJM) Submitted: September 5, 1996 Decided: September 17, 1996

Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Grace Hawkins Cook, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Charles Kay, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying Ap- pellant's request for relief pursuant to the Eighth Amendment Ex- cessive Fines Clause. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affirm the district court's decision. See United States v. Chandler, 36 F.3d 358 (4th Cir. 1994). 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