UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-1267

ALLAN L. GANT, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICE; SAM SAMPLES, F.P., Chief Probation Officer; DAVIS N. LEWIS, Deputy Chief Probation Officer; KENNETH SALES, JR., U.S.P.O., Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Beckley. David A. Faber, District Judge. (CA-97-335-5)

Submitted: July 2, 1998 Decided: July 21, 1998

Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Allan L. Gant, Appellant Pro Se. Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney, Stephen Michael Horn, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 dismissing his civil rights action. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we af- firm on the reasoning of the district court. Gant v. United States Probation Office, No. CA-97-335-5 (S.D.W. Va. Feb. 13, 1998). 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