UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-1842

JAMES JACKSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA; DARRELL V. MCGRAW, JR., Attorney General of West Virginia; SUE SURGI, Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Human Services; DENNY P. PENTONY, Social Service Coordinator; BOB G. FAIL, Protective Service Worker; D. A. JENKINS, West Virginia State Trooper; SO LAN BOMBITA, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dis- trict of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. W. Craig Broadwater, Dis- trict Judge. (CA-96-70-3)

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James Jackson, Appellant Pro Se. Lucien Garlow Lewin, STEPTOE & JOHNSON, Martinsburg, West Virginia; So Lan Bombita, Falling Waters, West 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court.

Jackson v. West Virginia, No. CA-96-70-3 (N.D.W. Va. May 28, 1997).

We deny Appellant's motion to stay a state court order. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade- quately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED