UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6482

JEROME ALEXANDER RIDDICK,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

CITY OF SUFFOLK; RANDOLPH CARTER, Assistant Prosecutor; J. K. COOKE, Detective, Suffolk Police Department,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Chief Dis- trict Judge. (CA-96-1464-AM)

Submitted: September 30, 1997 Decided: October 23, 1997

Before HALL, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jerome Alexander Riddick, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

(West Supp. 1997)

complaint under

(A) (West 1994 & Supp. 1997). We

have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find

that this appeal is frivolous. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Riddick v. City of Suffolk, No. CA-96-1464-AM (E.D. Va. Mar. 7, 1997). We deny the motion for

default judgment and 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

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