UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 96-6064 JOHN BOWMAN, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; PARKER EVATT, Commissioner; HUBERT CHAPMAN, Correctional Officer, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge; Joseph R. McCrorey, Magistrate Judge. (CA-94-3017-3-BC) Submitted: April 15, 1996 Decided: May 2, 1996 Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. John Bowman, Appellant Pro Se. Marvin Coleman Jones, BOGOSLOW & JONES, Walterboro, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from the magistrate judge's order granting Appellee's motion for judgment as a matter of law. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the magistrate judge. 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 deci- sional process. * AFFIRMED * The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge, with further appeal to this court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), (c)(3) (1988). 2