UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6326

THOMAS D. CROOKS, JR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

STEVE R. LUCAS,

Plaintiff,

versus

MICHAEL MOORE, Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (CA-94-3242-2-17AJ)

Submitted: December 12, 1996 Decided: January 31, 1997

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas D. Crooks, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. David Leon Morrison, ELLIS, LAWHORNE, DAVIDSON & SIMS, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals the district court's order denying his

motion for a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining

order. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and find no

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the

district court. Crooks v. Moore, No. CA-94-3242-2-17AJ (D.S.C.

Feb. 15, 1996). We also deny Appellant's motion for consolidation.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-

tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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