UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-1573

DANIEL JOHNSON WILLIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED; BERT ROBERTS, CEO; MCI NETWORK SERVICES; DOUG KELLY, Vice President, Defendants - Appellees, and

GTE/SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; WILLIAM MCDONALD, CEO, President; VAN MONROE, Customer Contact Manager; SPRINT, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Greenville. Malcolm J. Howard, Dis- trict Judge. (CA-97-183-5-H)

Submitted: September 8, 1998 Decided: September 18, 1998

Before MURNAGHAN, WILKINS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Daniel Johnson Willis, Appellant Pro Se. Julian Hugh Wright, Jr., ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINTON, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Daniel Johnson Willis appeals the district court’s order dis- missing his civil action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Willis v. MCI Telecommunications, Inc., No. CA-97- 183-5-H (E.D.N.C. Apr. 2, 1998). We grant Willis’s motion for “appeals court to exercise jurisdiction in Defendants/Appellees Rule 38 motion” to the extent that Willis seeks to have this court decide the Appellees’ Fed. R. App. P. 38 motion. We deny the Appel- lees’ Fed. R. App. P. 38 motion for sanctions. 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