UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6575

ROBERT MORRIS COCHRAN, a/k/a Michael The Archangel,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

JESSE BROWN, Secretary of Veteran Affairs; MICHAEL BOSWORTH, Assistant District Counsel; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District Judge. (CA-96-70-5-H)

Submitted: October 15, 1996 Decided: December 24, 1996

Before HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert Morris Cochran, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Robert Morris Cochran, a North Carolina inmate, appeals the

district court's order denying relief on his

(1994) complaint under

(d) (1994), amended by Prison Litigation Reform Act,

Stat. 1321

(1996). We have reviewed the record, and we conclude that the

district court's dismissal of Cochran's complaint as frivolous was

not an abuse of its discretion. Accordingly, we affirm on the

reasoning of the district court. Cochran v. Brown, No. CA-96-70-5-

H (E.D.N.C. Mar. 19, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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