UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6464

HENRY CLIFFORD BYRD, SR., Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

CASTLE BAIL BOND COMPANY; DARRYL’S BAIL BONDING COMPANY; DEXTER SHOFFNER BAIL BONDS COMPANY; JOHN AND JENNIE WALLACE BAIL BONDING COMPANY; NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE COMMIS- SIONER, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Durham. Frank W. Bullock, Jr., District Judge. (CA-00-14-1)

Submitted: May 11, 2000 Decided: May 17, 2000

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Henry Clifford Byrd, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Henry Clifford Byrd, Sr., appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 1999) com- plaint. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Byrd v. Castle Bail Bond Co., No. CA-00-14-1 (M.D.N.C. Mar. 21, 2000).* We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma- terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

* Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on March 20, 2000, the district court’s records show that it was entered on the docket sheet on March 21, 2000. Pursuant to Rules and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date 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).