UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT JOHN PATTON MCGLOTHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, and ABDULLAH J. AMEEN; KHALIL MUSLIMANI; DEWAYNE BELLFIELD; RANDOLPH ROBINSON; WALI HAKIM ZAKEE; MUHAMMAD BAKHEIT; TROY HEATH; FREDERICK MIT-CHELLE; FRANK L. OLIVER; GREG DAVIS; JAMES DANDRIDGE; JACK RAMSEY; ROBERT LEE CONNER; RUDOLPH WASHINGTON; J. BATTLE, Plaintiffs, No. 97-6449 v. EDWARD MURRAY; JOHN DOES; JANE DOES; RON ANGELONE; WARDEN THOMPSON; HOLLAR, Assistant Warden; MAY D. CAMPBELL; T.

STEWART; LAWHON, Assistant Warden; CHAPLAIN ROEPKE; LARRY HUFFMAN, Defendants-Appellees, and CHAPLAIN AUSTIN, Defendant.

JOHN PATTON MCGLOTHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, and ABDULLAH J. AMEEN; KHALIL MUSLIMANI; DEWAYNE BELLFIELD; RANDOLPH ROBINSON; WALI HAKIM ZAKEE; MUHAMMAD BAKHEIT; TROY HEATH; FREDERICK MIT-CHELLE; FRANK L. OLIVER; GREG DAVIS; JAMES DANDRIDGE; JACK RAMSEY; ROBERT LEE CONNER; RUDOLPH WASHINGTON; J. BATTLE, Plaintiffs, No. 97-6634 v. EDWARD MURRAY; JOHN DOES; JANE DOES; RON ANGELONE; WARDEN THOMPSON; HOLLAR, Assistant Warden; MAY D. CAMPBELL; T.

STEWART; LAWHON, Assistant Warden; CHAPLAIN ROEPKE; LARRY HUFFMAN, Defendants-Appellees, and CHAPLAIN AUSTIN, Defendant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke.

James H. Michael, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-93-981-R) Submitted: June 9, 1998 Decided: July 1, 1998 Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. _________________________________________________________________ No. 97-6449 affirmed and No. 97-6634 vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL John Patton McGlothlin, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Rosalie Vaughan Pemberton, TIMBERLAKE, SMITH, THOMAS & MOSES, P.C., Staunton, Virginia, for Appellees. _________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). _________________________________________________________________ OPINION PER CURIAM: In No. 97-6449, Appellant appeals from 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 accepting the rec- ommendation of the magistrate judge and find no reversible error.

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

McGlothlin v. Murray, No. CA-93-981-R (W.D. Va. Feb. 13, 1997).

In No. 97-6634, Appellant appeals from the district court's order awarding attorney's fees to the Defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A.

§ 1988(b) (West 1994 & Supp. 1998). Our review of the record reveals that the district court failed to consider the twelve factors identified in Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express , 488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir. 1974), when assessing the amount of the fee award. The district court therefore abused its discretion, and we vacate the order of the district court and remand for application of the Johnson factors. See Trimper v. City of Norfolk, 58 F.3d 68, 73 (4th Cir. 1995).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. The motion to amend the informal brief is granted.

No. 97-6449 -- AFFIRMED No. 97-6634 -- VACATED AND REMANDED