UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-2032
JAMES W. TAYLOR; LARRY W. SHOCKLEY; DANIEL L.
THOMSON; SAMUEL HOMER; GERALD W. LONG,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
STATE OF MARYLAND; DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICE DIVISION OF CORREC-
TION POPLAR HILL PRE-RELEASE UNIT; SHIRLEY
WASHINGTON-WORTHY,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Williams M. Nickerson, District Judge.
(CA-98-4120-WMN)
Submitted: January 31, 2000 Decided: February 22, 2000
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Paul V. Bennett, Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellants. J. Joseph
Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Scott S. Oakley, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellants Taylor, Shockley, Thomson, Homer and Long appeal
the district court’s order dismissing their complaint alleging
employment discrimination and related state law claims. We have
reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the
district court. See Taylor v. State of Maryland, No. CA-98-4120-
WMN (D. Md. July 1, 1999).* 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
*
Although the order from which Appellants appeal was filed on
June 30, 1999, it was entered on the district court’s docket sheet
on July 1, 1999. July 1, 1999, is therefore the effective date of
the district court’s decision. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 and 79(a);
see also Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
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