                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 98-2354



STUART J. BYCZYNSKI,

                                               Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


KENNETH S.   APFEL,    Commissioner   of   Social
Security,

                                                Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.   William M. Nickerson, District Judge.
(CA-96-1554-WMN)


Submitted:   November 19, 1998             Decided:   December 1, 1998


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


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Stuart J. Byczynski, Appellant Pro Se. Lynne Ann Battaglia, United
States Attorney, George Levi Russell, III, OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals the district court’s order dismissing his

claims of discrimination on the basis of national origin under

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to

2000e-17 (West 1994). 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. Byczynski v. Apfel,

No. CA-96-1554-WMN (D. Md. August 19, 1998). 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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