                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 97-6444



STACY PHELPS,

                                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


R. DAVIS, Food Manager, Head Supervisor; DAVIS
ROBISON, Warden; E. B. WALKER, Assistant
Warden,

                                           Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CA-97-169-2)


Submitted:   July 10, 1997                 Decided:   July 24, 1997


Before RUSSELL, HALL, and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Stacy Phelps, Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant, a Virginia inmate, appeals the district court's

order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint under

28 U.S.C.A. § 1915A(b)(1) (West Supp. 1997). We have reviewed the

record and the district court's opinion and find that this appeal

is frivolous. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal on the reasoning
of the district court. Phelps v. Davis, No. CA-97-169-2 (E.D. Va.
Mar. 6, 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.




                                                         DISMISSED




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