                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 97-7513



MICHAEL A. TAYLOR,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE OF NORTH CARO-
LINA; NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION;
JANE YOUNG, Doctor; SHAW UNIVERSITY; NAOMI
ONUORA; TALBERT SHAW, Doctor,
                                            Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh.     W. Earl Britt, District
Judge. (CA-97-566-5-BR-2)


Submitted:   December 18, 1997            Decided:   January 7, 1998


Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Michael A. Taylor, Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant, a North Carolina inmate, appeals the district

court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) com-

plaint under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915(e) (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. Taylor v. United States, No. CA-
97-566-5-BR-2 (E.D.N.C. Oct. 1, 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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