                              UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 01-6966



WILLIAM MORGAN HERRING, IV,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


SERGEANT RICHARDSON,

                                              Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. (CA-00-145-5-H)


Submitted:   September 20, 2001        Decided:   September 27, 2001


Before LUTTIG, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


William Morgan Herring, IV, Appellant Pro Se. James Peeler Smith,
Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     William Morgan Herring, IV appeals the district court’s order

denying   relief   on   his   42   U.S.C.A.   §    1983   (West   Supp.   2000)

complaint.    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.          See Herring v. Richardson,

No. CA-00-145-5-H (E.D.N.C. May 1, 2001).            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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