UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6076

WADE LEE DAMRON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

ROBERT J. MCCABE, Sheriff; M. D. LATNEY, Director of Norfolk Community Hospital, Defendants - Appellees, and

NORFOLK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; GAVIN, Assistant Administrative Director for the Norfolk City Hospital/Norfolk City Jail; MEDIC TAYLOR, Medic for Norfolk City Jail; DEPUTY BATES, Deputy of Norfolk City Jail, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, District Judge. (CA-96-228-3)

Submitted: July 24, 1997 Decided: August 6, 1997

Before HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Wade Lee Damron, Appellant Pro Se. Jeffrey Robert Dion, HUDGINS, CARTER & COLEMAN, Alexandria, Virginia; Carolyn Porter Oast, Deborah Sue Hudler, HEILIG, MCKENRY, FRAIM & LOLLAR, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant, a Virginia inmate, appeals the district court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint under U.S.C.A. § 1915A (West Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find that this appeal is friv- olous. Accordingly, we deny Appellant's motion to appoint counsel and we dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.

Damron v. McCabe, No. CA-96-228-3 (E.D. Va. Dec. 23, 1996). 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.

DISMISSED