UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7314

MICHAEL EUGENE TAYLOR,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

BOBBY LANE; ROBERT POPE; JAMES SCHAFERS; CAREY WINDERS,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief Dis- trict Judge. (CA-97-624-5-CT-BO)

Submitted: December 17, 1998 Decided: January 7, 1999

Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael Eugene Taylor, Appellant Pro Se. E.B. Borden Parker, BADDOUR, PARKER, HINE & WELLONS, Goldsboro, North Carolina; Rudolph Alexander Ashton, III, MCCOTTER, MCAFEE & ASHTON, P.L.L.C., New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Taylor appeals the district court's order granting summary

judgment to defendants on Taylor’s

(West Supp.

1998) complaint. We have reviewed the record and the district

court's opinion. The district court properly found that there was

no genuine issue of material fact and defendants were entitled to

judgment as a matter of law. Accordingly, we affirm on the reason-

ing of the district court. Taylor v. Lane, No. CA-97-624-5-CT-BO

(E.D.N.C. July 28, 1998). We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

AFFIRMED

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