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David Charles WHIDDEN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Jenna AUBERT, PFC, Badge 189; Gary Blakes, Sergeant, Badge No. 152, Defendants—Appellees, and City of Hyattsville, Maryland, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant.
    No. 05-7453.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: June 28, 2006.
    Decided: Aug. 3, 2006.
    Terrell N. Roberts, III, Roberts & Wood, Riverdale, Maryland, for Appellant. Daniel Karp, Allen, Karpinski, Bryant & Karp, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
    Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
    Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).
   PER CURIAM:

David Charles Whidden appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his complaint that asserted both violations of federal constitutional law pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) and claims arising under state law. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm substantially on the reasoning of the district court. Whidden v. Blakes, No. CA-04-751-AW (D.Md. July 29, 2005). 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 
      
       While the district court dismissed Whidden’s state law claims upon a finding that Maryland’s statutory immunity for government officials insulated the defendants from liability, we conclude that a consideration of immunity was unnecessary as the defendants did not lack probable cause for their actions. DiPino v. Davis, 354 Md. 18, 729 A.2d 354, 366-67 (1999).