                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 97-1828



DONALD J. STRABLE,

                                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

                                              Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-97-1141-6-13AK)


Submitted:   August 14, 1997              Decided:   August 21, 1997


Before NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Donald J. Strable, Appellant Pro Se. Ronald Keith Wray II, GIBBES,
GALLIVAN, WHITE & BOYD, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 dismissing his

civil action. We have reviewed the record and the district court's

opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning

of the district court. Strable v. South Carolina Dep't of Justice,
No. CA-97-1141-6-13AK (D.S.C. June 12, 1997). 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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