                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 00-7123



CURTIS J. BROWN, SR.,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


JIM HODGES, Governor,

                                               Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia.   David C. Norton, District Judge.
(CA-00-1804-3-18AJ)


Submitted:   November 30, 2000            Decided:   December 6, 2000


Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Curtis J. Brown, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Curtis J. Brown, Sr., a South Carolina inmate, appeals the

district court’s order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983

(West Supp. 2000) complaint under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915A (West Supp.

2000).   We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opin-

ion accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and find that

this appeal is frivolous.     Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal on

the reasoning of the district court.   See Brown v. Hodges, No. CA-

00-1804-3-18AJ (D.S.C. July 25, 2000).*      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




     *
       Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on
July 21, 2000, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on July 25, 2000. Pursuant to Rules 58
and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date
that the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the
effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v.
Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).


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