UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 98-1683 LARNARDO M. ACKER, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC., Defendant - Appellee, and HENRY SILVERMAN, Chairman and CEO, HFS Corpo- ration; R. CRAIG HOENSHELL, Chairman and CEO, Avis Rent A Car; RAYMOND KOCH, City Manager, Washington/Baltimore Areas; JEFF HOGAN, Formerly Fleet Distribution Manager, Currently Dulles Airport Manager, Avis Rent A Car; RON CAREY, General President, AFL-CIO; EDDIE KORNEGAY, President and Business Manager Auto- motive, Petroleum, Cylinder, and Bottled Gas, Chemical Drivers, Helpers and Allied Workers, and Public Transportation Employees, Local Union 922; FERLINE BUIE, Secretary/Treasury Local Union 922; HFS CORPORATION; AFL-CIO; LOCAL UNION 922 IBT, Defendants.  No. 98-1919 LARNARDO M. ACKER, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.; AFL-CIO; LOCAL UNION 922 IBT, Defendants - Appellees, and HENRY SILVERMAN, Chairman and CEO, HFS Corpo- ration; R. CRAIG HOENSHELL, Chairman and CEO, Avis Rent A Car; RAYMOND KOCH, City Manager, Washington/Baltimore Areas; JEFF HOGAN, Formerly Fleet Distribution Manager, Currently Dulles Airport Manager, Avis Rent A Car; RON CAREY, General President, AFL-CIO; EDDIE KORNEGAY, President and Business Manager Auto- motive, Petroleum, Cylinder, and Bottled Gas, Chemical Drivers, Helpers and Allied Workers, and Public Transportation Employees, Local Union 922; FERLINE BUIE, Secretary/Treasury Local Union 922; HFS CORPORATION, Defendants. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, District Judge. (CA-97-2085-A) 2 Submitted: September 30, 1998 Decided: October 14, 1998 Before ERVIN, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Larnardo M. Acker, Appellant Pro Se. Catharine Wildenthal Cummer, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Larnardo M. Acker appeals from numerous orders entered by the magistrate judge and the district court in his lawsuit alleging ad- verse employment action. Because Acker failed to properly preserve the issues for appeal by failing to properly object in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a) or by failing to raise the issues in his informal brief, we affirm. We deny Appellant’s motions for appoint- ment of counsel and for a stay of the proceedings. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate- ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3