                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 97-6448



WILLIAM RAY VAWTER, JR.,

                                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


FRANKLIN FREEMAN; LYNN PHILLIPS; JUANITA
BAKER; HAZEL KEITH; JOHN DOE, various John
and/or Jane Does,

                                           Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District
Judge. (CA-96-121-5-CT-BO)


Submitted:   October 23, 1997          Decided:     November 14, 1997


Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


William Ray Vawter, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth F. Parsons,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals the district court's order denying relief on

his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint. We have reviewed the record

and the district court's opinion accepting the magistrate judge's

recommendation and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

on the reasoning of the district court. Vawter v. Freeman, No. CA-
96-121-5-CT-BO (E.D.N.C. Feb. 27, 1997). 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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