Mervin Hinson-Bey v. City of Albermarle Police DepÂ’t, No. 16-2148 (4th Cir. 2017)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-2148 MERVIN HINSON-BEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CITY OF ALBERMARLE POLICE DEPARTMENT; B. J. TIPTON, Officer, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:16-cv-00402-CCE-JLW) Submitted: February 16, 2017 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Decided: DUNCAN, February 21, 2017 Circuit Judge, and Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Mervin Hinson-Bey, Appellant Pro Se. Bradley Philip Kline, CRANFILL, SUMNER & HARTZOG, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Mervin dismissing Hinson-Bey with appeals prejudice his the 42 district U.S.C. court’s § 1983 rights action for failure to state a claim. confine our brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). brief does review not to the challenge issues the raised in order (2012) civil On appeal, we the Appellant’s Because Hinson-Bey’s informal basis for the district court’s disposition, Hinson-Bey has forfeited appellate review of the court’s order. See Williams v. Giant Food Inc., 370 F.3d 423, 430 n.4 (4th Cir. 2004). court’s judgment. facts and materials legal before Accordingly, we affirm the district We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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