UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-2030

JOSEPH BLACKBURN, SR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL, INCORPORATED; LEDERLE, INCORPORATED,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Elkins. Robert E. Maxwell, Senior District Judge. (CA-04-65-2)

Submitted: December 15, 2005 Decided: December 20, 2005

Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Joseph Blackburn, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. Tamela Jane White, Craig A. Komorowski, FARRELL, FARRELL & FARRELL, L.C., Huntington, West Virginia; Jeff Chandler Woods, JACKSON KELLY, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Joseph Blackburn, Sr., appeals a district court judgment

dismissing his complaint as barred by the statute of limitations.

We have reviewed the record and the district court’s order and

affirm for the reasons cited by the district court. See

Blackburn v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., No. CA-04-65-2 (N.D.W.

Va. Aug. 24, 2005). 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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