UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-1473

LARRY G. THORNTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

ROBERT A. SCARDELLETTI, as individual and as President of Transportation Communications International Union; RICHARD A. JOHNSON, in- dividual and as President of BRCD-TCIU and Transportation Communication International; TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Defendants - Appellees,

RICHARD PORATH, President, Lodge 6434; GARY CLARK, Member, Lodge 6434, Movants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge. (CA- 98-532-DKC, CA-98-3328-DKC)

Submitted: August 17, 1999 Decided: August 30, 1999

Before MURNAGHAN, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Larry G. Thornton, Appellant Pro Se. Joseph Guerrieri, Jr., Debra Lynn Willen, GUERRIERI, EDMOND & CLAYMAN, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Larry G. Thornton appeals the district court order granting summary judgment to the Appellees and dismissing his complaints alleging defamation, slander, and errors in his expulsion from his union position and the merger of one union local into another union local. We have reviewed the record and the district court memo- randum opinion and find no error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Thornton v. Scardelletti, CA-98-532-DKC (D. Md. Mar. 23, 1999). We deny the motion to inter- vene and Thornton’s motion to expedite the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate- ly presented in the materials before the court, and oral argument would not aid in the decisional process.

AFFIRMED