UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-1347

HENRY R. CRANE, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER- ICA; DOBSON-BALL & ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED, a North Carolina Corporation; CONSOLIDATED PLANNING, INCORPORATED, a North Carolina Corporation, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Chief District Judge. (CA-97-552-3-MU)

Submitted: July 30, 1999 Decided: August 12, 1999

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Alan F. Blakley, BLAKLEY & VELK, Missoula, Montana, for Appellant.

Andrew S. O’Hara, MOORE & VAN ALLEN, P.L.L.C., Charlotte, North Carolina; Lawrence J. Goldman, JONES, HEWSON, & WOOLARD, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Henry R. Crane appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the Defendants on his diversity action alleging fraud, violation of the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices statute, and breach of contract. Our review of the rec- ord, the parties’ briefs, and the district court’s opinion dis- closes no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the rea- soning of the district court. See Crane v. The Guardian Life Ins.

Co., No. CA-97-552-3-MU (W.D.N.C. Feb. 8, 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

* Although the district court’s judgment order is marked as “filed” on February 5, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on February 8, 1999. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the judgment or order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).