UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-1695
RICHARD W. DAVIS, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
EXXON COMPANY, USA; RICHARD HARVIN;
JOHN BIAVASCHI,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District
Judge. (CA-98-1471-A)
Submitted: December 22, 1999 Decided: January 12, 2000
Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kimberly L. Bradley, ABATO, RUBENSTEIN & ABATO, P.A., Baltimore,
Maryland, for Appellant. Richard J. Hafets, PIPER & MARBURY L.L.P.,
Baltimore, Maryland; Charles B. Wayne, PIPER & MARBURY L.L.P.,
Washington, D.C., for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Richard W. Davis, Jr., appeals the district court's order
granting summary judgment in his former employer's favor in this
action alleging age discrimination, retaliation, breach of con-
tract, and defamation. We have reviewed the parties' briefs, the
joint appendices, the supplemental appendix, and the district
court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we
affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Davis v. Exxon
Company, USA, No. CA-98-1471-A (E.D. Va. Apr. 20, 1999.)* 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
*
Although the district court's order is marked as "filed" on
April 16, 1999, the district court's records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on April 20, 1999. Pursuant to Rules
58 and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the
date that the judgment or 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).
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