Faust v. Taylor ( 2010 )

UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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
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