UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-1429
DENISE SMITH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Marvin J. Garbis, District Judge. (CA-97-
696-MJG)
Submitted: September 9, 1999 Decided: September 14, 1999
Before ERVIN, WILKINS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Denise Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Jay Robert Fries, Baltimore, Mary-
land, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Denise Smith appeals the district court’s award of costs to
defendants in this employment discrimination case. We have re-
viewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the
district court. See Smith v. Howard County General Hospital, No.
CA-97-696-MJG (D. Md. Mar. 1, 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
February 26, 1999, the district court’s records show that it was
entered on the docket sheet on March 1, 1999. Pursuant to Rules 58
and 79(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date
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).
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