UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-1334

FRANK PAUL LUKACS, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

DONNA E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; HAROLD E. VARMUS, Director, National Institutes of Health; RICHARD KLAUSNER, Director, National Cancer Institute, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (CA- 98-4133-PJM)

Submitted: May 25, 1999 Decided: June 22, 1999

Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Frank Paul Lukacs, Appellant Pro Se. George Levi Russell, III, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Frank Paul Lukacs appeals the district court’s dismissal of his action as barred by res judicata. 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 Lukacs v. Shalala, No. CA-98-4133-PJM (D. Md. Feb. 2, 1999). 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