UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-1394

RUFUS E. THOMPSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

JOHN E. POTTER, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., District Judge. (1:03-cv-00593-JAB)

Submitted: September 25, 2006 Decided: October 16, 2006

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Rufus E. Thompson, Appellant Pro Se. Joan Brodish Binkley, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Rufus E. Thompson appeals the district court’s order denying Thompson’s motion to vacate or set aside judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Thompson v. Potter, No. 1:03-cv-00593-JAB (M.D.N.C. filed Feb. 23, 2006; entered Feb. 24, 2006). We deny Thompson’s motion to place his case in abeyance. 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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