
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James D. ABBOTT, a/k/a John Jasper Roberson, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 00-4572.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 16, 2001.
    Decided March 19, 2001.
    J. Stephen Welch, L.A. Smokey Brown, Jr., The Welch Law Firm, P.C ., Greenwood, SC, for appellant. J. Rene Josey, United States Attorney, Isaac Johnson, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, SC, for appellee.
    Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

James D. Abbott appeals the district court’s April 12, 2000, denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from a rental car in which he was a passenger.

We hold the district court did not err in concluding the evidence was admissible, and we affirm on the reasoning the court articulated at the hearing on motion to suppress the evidence. See Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 813, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996); United States v. Hassan El, 5 F.3d 726, 730 (4th Cir.1993).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not significantly aid in the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.  