UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-1702
PALMER RUSSELL FITZGERALD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
JOHN H. MAJOR, Trading as Major Recording Com-
pany, Incorporated,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Harrisonburg. B. Waugh Crigler, Magistrate
Judge. (CA-96-8-H)
Submitted: October 3, 1996 Decided: October 9, 1996
Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Palmer Russell Fitzgerald, Appellant Pro Se. Colin James Steuart
Thomas, Jr., TIMBERLAKE, SMITH, THOMAS & MOSES, P.C., Staunton,
Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals from the magistrate judge's orders dismiss-
ing his civil action for lack of federal jurisdiction and granting
sanctions against him.* We have reviewed the record and the dis-
trict court's orders and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we
affirm on the reasoning of the magistrate judge. Fitzgerald v.
Taylor, No. CA-96-8-H (W.D. Va. May 6 & 31, 1996). We deny the
motions to dismiss the appeal and for summary affirmance without
briefs. 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
*
The parties consented to the magistrate judge's jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) (1994).
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