UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-7447

THOMAS G. GREEN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

T. F. FINKLEA, JR.; CHARLES HUGGINS,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

DILLON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; C. GORDON MCBRIDE; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CARO- LINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION; SLED,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. William B. Traxler, Jr., District Judge. (CA-95-926-3-21BC)

Submitted: December 19, 1996 Decided: January 6, 1997

Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas G. Green, Appellant Pro Se. George Conrad Derrick, BRIDGES, ORR, DERRICK & ERVIN, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellees. 2 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals the district court's order denying relief on

his

(1994) complaint. We have reviewed the record

and the district court's opinion accepting the magistrate judge's

recommendation and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

on the reasoning of the district court. Green v. Finklea, No. CA- 95-926-3-21BC (D.S.C. Aug. 22, 1996). We dispense with oral argu-

ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately pre- sented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid

the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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