UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-2186

RICHARD A. PATTERSON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, a municipality of the State of South Carolina; J. P. SMITH; W. A. EVANS; DEIDRE PRIESTER,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (CA-95-1522-3-23)

Submitted: April 16, 1998 Decided: April 28, 1998

Before WILKINS and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard A. Patterson, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Gordon Cooper, Columbia, South Carolina; Danny Calvert Crowe, TURNER, PADGET, GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A., Columbia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. Patterson v. City of Colum- bia, No. CA-95-1522-3-23 (D.S.C. Aug. 5, 1997). We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-

ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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