UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 01-6918

SHADRECK ABDUL BASHSHAR KITAYATUTHELEZI, a/k/a Norman Hayes,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

WILLIAM D. CATOE, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections; LAURIE F. BESSINGER, Warden, Kirkland Correctional Institution; JOYCE BROWN, Warden, MSU-KCI,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. C. Weston Houck, District Judge. (CA-00-1084-4-12)

Submitted: October 18, 2001 Decided: October 26, 2001

Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Shadreck Abdul Bashshar Kitayatuthelezi, Appellant Pro Se. Henry Ronald Stanley, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Shadreck Kitayatuthelezi appeals the district court’s order

accepting a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny relief on his

(West Supp. 2001) complaint. Although the

district court noted that Kitayatuthelezi failed to file timely

objections to the magistrate judge’s recommendation, it found

nonetheless, that Kitayatuthelezi’s claims were without merit. 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

Kitayatuthelezi v. Catoe, No. CA-00-1084-4-12 (D.S.C. May 11,

2001). 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

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