UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1003

MICHAEL SCHAEFER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

LINDA H. LAMONE, Administrator, State Board of Elections,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

GENE RAYNOR, Election Director, Baltimore City Board of Elections,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge. (1:06-cv-00896-BEL)

Submitted: August 22, 2007 Decided: September 28, 2007

Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Roger Jon Diamond, Santa Monica, California, for Appellant. Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, Mark J. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Michael Schaefer appeals the district court’s order

granting Appellee’s motion to dismiss his civil complaint alleging

Maryland’s Election Law requiring alphabetical listing of

candidates’ names on ballots violated the Equal Protection Clause.

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district

court. See Schaefer v. Lamone, No. 1:06-cv-00896-BEL (D. Md.

Dec. 4, 2006). 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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