                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 97-6432



BENNIE WICKER, JR.,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


VICTOR L. PULLIAM; CLYDE BOWEN,

                                            Defendants - Appellees.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-95-3647-3-17BC)


Submitted:   September 25, 1997           Decided:   October 8, 1997


Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Bennie Wicker, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Michael Stephen Pauley,
LIDE, MONTGOMERY, POTTS & MEDLOCK, P.C., Columbia, South Carolina,
for Appellees.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant appeals the district court's order denying relief on

his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint. We have reviewed the record

and the district court's opinion accepting the magistrate judge's

recommendation and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

on the reasoning of the district court. Wicker v. Pulliam, No. CA-
95-3647-3-17BC (D.S.C. Feb. 27, 1997). We dispense with oral argu-

ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately pre-

sented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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