Rasheed Olds v. United States ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-7478
RASHEED OLDS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James E. Gates,
Magistrate Judge. (5:08-ct-03120-JG)
Submitted: January 15, 2015 Decided: January 21, 2015
Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Rasheed Olds, Appellant Pro Se. Tobin Webb Lathan, Joshua Bryan
Royster, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Rasheed Olds appeals the magistrate judge’s order
denying relief on his action filed under the Federal Tort Claims
Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1) (2012). On appeal, we confine our
review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See 4th
Cir. R. 34(b). Because Olds’ informal brief does not
sufficiently challenge the order’s ruling as to proximate
causation, an independent basis for the magistrate judge’s
disposition, Olds has forfeited appellate review of the
magistrate judge’s order. Accordingly, we affirm the magistrate
judge’s judgment. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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