UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7012

HENRY JEROME CARPENTER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

C. BATES; A. CUMMINGS; B. PENNINGTON; CORPORAL MASON; CHARLES VAN METER; MARTHA A. WANNA- MAKER, Warden, DCI,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Charles E. Simons, Jr., Senior Dis- trict Judge. (CA-95-3355-0-6BD)

Submitted: December 11, 1997 Decided: December 30, 1997

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Henry Jerome Carpenter, Appellant Pro Se. Edwin Calhoun Haskell, III, SMITH & HASKELL, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 accepting the magistrate judge's

recommendation and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

on the reasoning of the district court. Carpenter v. Bates, No. CA-95-3355-0-6BD (D.S.C. June 12, 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

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