                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-2508



FRANKLIN LEE MINOR, SR.; MARY LOU CARPENTER,

                                          Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          versus

ROBERT D. HORSEY, Judge; SPIRO BUAS,

                                           Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA-
96-2870-S)


Submitted:   December 19, 1996         Decided:     December 31, 1996


Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit
Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Franklin Lee Minor, Mary Lou Carpenter, Appellants Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellants appeal the district court's order dismissing their

petition for writ of mandamus as frivolous. 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. Minor v. Horsey, No. CA-96-2870-S (D. Md. Sept. 25, 1996).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-

tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court

and argument would not aid the decisional process.




                                                         AFFIRMED




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