UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-1701

BERTA PORTILLO,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

CHARLES J. WELTER; MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge. (CA-99-854-AW)

Submitted: November 30, 1999 Decided: January 4, 2000

Before WIDENER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Matt P. Lavine, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellant. Charles W. Thompson, Jr., County Attorney, Karen L. Federman Henry, Principal Counsel for Appeals, Brian G. Kim, Associate County Attorney, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Berta Portillo appeals the district court’s order denying

relief on her

(West Supp. 1999) complaint. We

have reviewed the briefs, joint appendix, and the district court’s

opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on

the reasoning of the district court. See Portillo v. Welter, No.

CA-99-854-AW (D. Md. Apr. 26, 1999).* We dispense with oral argu-

ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately pre-

sented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid

the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

* Although the district court’s judgment or order is marked as “filed” on April 23, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on April 26, 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,

(4th Cir. 1986).

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