Notice: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) States That Citation of Unpublished Dispositions is Disfavored Except for Establishing Res Judicata, Estoppel, or the Law of the Case and Requires Service of Copies of Cited Unpublished Dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.little Tom Childress, Plaintiff--appellant, v. Steve Garrett, Defendant--appellee, 82 F.3d 409 (4th Cir. 1996)

Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) complaint. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Appellant failed to allege, and the record fails to contain, facts which support a reasonable inference that Appellant was injured, if at all, in more than a de minimis way. Accordingly, we find that any force used by the Defendant did not violate the Eighth Amendment. See Norman v. Taylor, 25 F.3d 1259, 1262-63 (4th Cir. 1994) (in banc), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 63 U.S.L.W. 3538 (U.S. Jan. 17, 1995) (No. 94-6011). 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.