UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-1933

JASPER E. BOYKIN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY; ALLSTATE LIFE IN- SURANCE COMPANY; ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY; ALLSTATE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED; NATIONAL EMBLEM INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (CA-97-686-3-17)

Submitted: January 21, 1999 Decided: February 3, 1999

Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING,* Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

* Judge King did not participate in consideration of this case. The opinion is filed by a quorum of the panel pursuant to

(d). Jasper E. Boykin, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas C. Salane, TURNER, PADGET, GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; Frederick Scott Rhine, GESSLER, HUGHES & SOCOL, LTD., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

PER CURIAM:

Jasper E. Boykin appeals from the district court’s orders

denying his motions to vacate a settlement and for reconsideration.

Our review of the record and the district court’s opinion discloses

no reversible error and no abuse of discretion. Accordingly, we

affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Boykin v. All-

state Ins. Co., No. CA-97-686-3-17 (D.S.C. May 26 & June 2, 1998).

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.

AFFIRMED

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