UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 95-7368

DARRELL ANDRE TONKINS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

NEWPORT NEWS CITY JAIL; CHUCK MOORE, Jail Administrator; E. L. BOWER, Captain, Chief Administrator,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge. (CA-95-157-AM)

Submitted: December 11, 1997 Decided: December 23, 1997

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Darrell Andre Tonkins, Appellant Pro Se. Bruce Christopher Sams, SAMS & HAWKINS, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 denying relief on

his

(1994) complaint. We have reviewed the record

and the district court's opinion, dismissing the action because it

failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted under 28

U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) (West Supp. 1997), and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district

court. Tonkins v. Newport News City Jail, No. CA-95-157-AM (E.D. Va. Aug. 8, 1995). 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

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