                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 98-7294



JOHN R. BINNS,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


E. M. TUCKER, Virginia Parole Board Chairman;
RON ANGELONE, Virginia Department of Correc-
tions Director,

                                             Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CA-97-159-AM)


Submitted:   January 21, 1999             Decided:   February 9, 1999


Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


John R. Binns, Appellant Pro Se. William W. Muse, Assistant Attor-
ney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     John R. Binns appeals the district court’s order denying

relief on his 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 1998) complaint.   We

have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find

no reversible error.   Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of

the district court.    See Binns v. Tucker, No. CA-97-159-AM (E.D.

Va. Aug. 3, 1998).*    We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




     *
       Although the district court’s order is marked “filed” on
July 31, 1998, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on August 3, 1998. Pursuant to Rules
58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the
date that the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as
the effective date of the district court’s decision. Wilson v.
Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).


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