UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-2019

LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

RICHARD RILEY, SECRETARY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; SALLIE MAE, INCOR- PORATED; FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; MICHAEL HOOKER, President, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA- 97-2230-S)

Submitted: October 23, 1997 Decided: November 13, 1997

Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lawrence Verline Wilder, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Ac- cordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Wilder v. Riley, Sec., United States Dep't of Educ., No. CA-97-2230-S (D. Md. July 24, 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