Faust v. Taylor

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7592

OTIS FAUST,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

WARDEN TAYLOR; DIRECTOR OZMINT; ASSOCIATE WARDEN BURTON; MAJOR FELDER; LIEUTENANT MCNEIL; MARY MONTOUTH, Inmate Grievance Coordinator,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge. (0:07-cv-00058-RBH)

Submitted: February 25, 2010 Decided: March 4, 2010

Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Otis Faust, Appellant Pro Se. Christy L. Scott, SCOTT & PAYNE LAW FIRM, Walterboro, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Otis Faust appeals the district court’s order

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and

dismissing without prejudice Faust’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006)

complaint. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues

raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). In his

brief, Faust fails to challenge the district court’s dispositive

ruling that he did not exhaust administrative remedies.

Accordingly, we find that Faust has forfeited appellate review

of that issue and affirm the district court’s order. We deny

Faust’s motion for a transcript at government expense and

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