UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-1326

KENNETH WAYNE DODSON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY; DEIDRA HUNGERFORD, in her official capacity at the Defense Mapping Agency; KAREN GRUMBINE, in her official capac- ity at the Defense Mapping Agency; SANDRAL J. DANIELL, in her official capacity at the De- fense Mapping Agency; STEPHANIE BLACKSHEAR, in her official capacity at the Defense Mapping Agency; GRANDVILLE PETERSON, in his official capacity at the Defense Mapping Agency; RUBY THOMAS, in her official capacity at the Defense Mapping Agency; JAMES BRUNGER, in his official capacity at the Defense Mapping Agency; MR. SMITH, Security Officer, Defendants - Appellees,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Chief District Judge. (CA-96-918-A)

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 Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth Wayne Dodson, Appellant Pro Se. Rachel Celia Ballow, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals from the district court's order dismissing

without prejudice his employment discrimination action. We have reviewed the record and the district court's order and find no

reversible error. Dodson failed to plead or prove that he had

exhausted administrative remedies or that those remedies were con-

stitutionally deficient. We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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