UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-6782
ABU ASHONTE ALI,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
STEPHEN M. DEWALT, Warden; RANDY JONES, Cap-
tain; GLENN CARINO, Lieutenant Segregation Re-
view Official,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CA-99-264-AM)
Submitted: November 4, 1999 Decided: November 9, 1999
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Abu Ashonte Ali, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Abu A. Ali appeals the district court’s order denying relief
on his action filed under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of
Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).1 We have reviewed
the record and the district court’s memorandum opinion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the
district court. See Ali v. Dewalt, No. CA-99-264-AM (E.D. Va. Mar.
11, 1999).2 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
1
Ali filed his action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp.
1999). The district court properly construed the complaint as a
Bivens action.
2
Although the district court’s order is marked as “filed” on
March 10, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on March 11, 1999. Pursuant to Rules
58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the
date that the order was entered on the docket sheet that we take as
the effective date of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v.
Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
2