                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 01-2190



WILLIAM LEE RICHARDSON, JR.,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


THE STATE OF MARYLAND; THE STATE      OF   WEST
VIRGINIA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                             Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Charleston. Charles H. Haden II, Chief
District Judge. (CA-01-778-2)


Submitted:   January 17, 2002             Decided:   January 28, 2002


Before WILKINS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


William Lee Richardson, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     William Lee Richardson, Jr., seeks to appeal the district

court’s order dismissing his civil complaint as frivolous. We have

reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion accepting the

magistrate judge’s recommendation and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss

the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.   See Richardson

v. Maryland, No. CA-01-778-2 (S.D.W. Va. Sept. 26, 2001).   We dis-

pense 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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