UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7510

EDWARD RUTLAND,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

IN THE MATTER OF THE SEIZURE OF TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY-TWO CENTS ($21,897.42) US CURRENCY,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Orangeburg. Charles E. Simons, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-91-3842-5-6)

Submitted: February 26, 1998 Decided: March 19, 1998

Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edward Rutland, Appellant Pro Se. Marvin Jennings Caughman, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Appellant appeals the district court's order denying his

motion for return of seized property, Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(e). Our

review of the record and the district court's opinion discloses no

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the

district court. Rutland v. $21,897.42 US Currency, No. CA-91-3842- 5-6 (D.S.C. Sept. 11, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

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

AFFIRMED

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