UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-1343

SARADINDU MAHAPATRA, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus ONONDAGA COUNTY SCU, Social Services; EQUIFAX CREDIT INFORMATION SERVICES, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. John R. Hargrove, Senior District Judge. (CA-96-1093-HAR)

Submitted: May 15, 1997 Decided: May 28, 1997

Before RUSSELL, HALL, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Saradindu Mahapatra, Appellant Pro Se. Zachary L. Karmen, Chief Welfare Attorney, Syracuse, New York; Thomas Moss Wood, IV, Nathan Daniel Adler, NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN & GIBBER, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals the district court's order dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction his action alleging defamation in relation to a credit report. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Mahapatra v. Onondaga County SCU, No. CA-96-1093-HAR (D. Md. Mar. 4, 1997). 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