UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-1719

DEBRA L. RIPPEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

JOHN H. DALTON, Secretary of the Navy, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge; W. Curtis Sewell, Magistrate Judge. (CA-98-1441-A)

Submitted: August 5, 1999 Decided: August 10, 1999

Before MURNAGHAN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Debra L. Rippey, Appellant Pro Se. Rachel Celia Ballow, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Debra L. Rippey appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the Appellee and dismissing her employment discrimination complaint. We have reviewed the record and the dis- trict court’s memorandum opinion and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Rippey v. Dalton, No. CA-98-1441-A (E.D. Va. Mar. 24, 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 order is marked as “filed” on March 23, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on March 24, 1999. Pursuant to Rules and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the 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).