UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-6530
CHARLES BENNIE HUNT,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
JOEL GARTH LOCKLEAR,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. (CA-98-561-5-CT-H)
Submitted: July 27, 2000 Decided: August 4, 2000
Before MURNAGHAN, WILKINS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles Bennie Hunt, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Allen Davis, WOMBLE,
CARLYLE, SANDRIDGE & RICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Charles Bennie Hunt appeals the district court’s order denying
relief on his 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 2000) complaint. We
have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find
no reversible error. Although the district court addressed Hunt’s
claims on the merits, we find that the action was barred by North
Carolina’s three-year statute of limitations. See Wilson v. Garcia,
471 U.S. 261, 276-80 (1985) (holding that in § 1983 actions, state
statute of limitations for personal injury applies); Brooks v. City
of Winston-Salem, 85 F.3d 178, 181 (4th Cir. 1996) (noting that
three-year period for personal injury actions set forth in N.C.
Gen. Stat. § 1-52(5) (Supp. 1998), is limitations period applicable
to § 1983 actions). In any event, the district court properly de-
nied relief on the merits. Accordingly, we affirm. We deny the
motion to strike Hunt’s reply brief and 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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