UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-7423

NATHANIEL ELLERBE, JR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

KEITH WILEY; LARRY SNEAD,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

DANIEL L. STIENEKE,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Wallace Wade Dixon, Magistrate Judge. (CA-98-339)

Submitted: February 24, 2000 Decided: March 3, 2000

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Nathaniel Ellerbe, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth F. Parsons, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Nathaniel Ellerbe, Jr., appeals the magistrate judge's order

denying relief on his

(West Supp. 1999) com-

plaint.* We have reviewed the record and the magistrate judge's

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

the reasoning of the magistrate judge. See Ellerbe v. Wiley, No.

CA-98-339 (E.D.N.C. Sept. 14, 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

* This case was decided by a magistrate judge exercising jurisdiction upon consent of the parties under

(c)(1) (West 1993 & Supp. 1999).

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