                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 98-1265



ALLAN L. GANT,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,

                                              Defendant - Appellee.



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-95-948-2)


Submitted:   July 2, 1998                  Decided:   July 21, 1998


Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Allan L. Gant, Appellant Pro Se. Rebecca A. Betts, United States
Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals the district court’s order denying his pe-

tition for a writ of mandamus. We have reviewed the record and the

district court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the magis-

trate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on

the reasoning of the district court. Gant v. FBI, No. CA-95-948-2

(S.D.W. Va. Feb. 12, 1998). We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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