UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-2078

MEINEKE DISCOUNT MUFFLER SHOPS, INCORPORATED,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

GEORGE LINDO,

Defendant - Appellant,

and

JOY LINDO,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Chief District Judge. (CA-97-611-MU)

Submitted: November 18, 1999 Decided: November 23, 1999

Before WILKINS, HAMILTON, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George Lindo, Appellant Pro Se. Leigh Reynolds King, MEINEKE DISCOUNT MUFFLER SHOPS, INCORPORATED, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

George Lindo appeals the amount of damages awarded in the dis-

trict court’s order that entered default judgment against him. 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. See Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc. v.

Lindo, No. CA-97-611-MU (W.D.N.C. July 6, 1999).* 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

* Although the district court’s Default Judgment is marked as “filed” June 30, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on July 6, 1999. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the order is entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray,

(4th Cir. 1986).

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