Aaron Haas v. City of Richmond, No. 18-2157 (4th Cir. 2018)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-2157 AARON HAAS; LENA HAAS, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. CITY OF RICHMOND; SELENA CUFFE-GLENN; TIMOTHY A. BURNETT; DAVID COOPER; WILLIAM DAVIDSON; AARON GRAYSON; BYRON MARSHALL; RANDELL MASTERS; ALICE SNELL; MARK WIGGINS; ANY UNKNOWN GOVERNMENT AGENTS, That is Involved in Causes of Action for 6001/6007 Hull Street Road Against the Plaintiff; JEREMY L. NEIRMAN, Defendants - Appellees, and COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; DON ANDREWS; ANTHONY HARRIS; ANTHONY JONES; GREGORY LUKANUSKI; THEODORE J. MARKOW; ADEL EDWARD; CHRISTOPHER BESCHLER; WILLIAM E. BINGHAM; JOSEPH B. CALL, III; EARL DRYER, JR.; RASHAD L. GRESHAM; JOHN DOE, Supervisor of Officer Snell, Alice R.P.D.; ROBERT JOHNSON; M.S. KARA; JACKI PAGE; AURETHA PHELPS; PAMELA PORTER; MARVIN TART; ANDREW WASUIK, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, Senior District Judge. (3:17-cv-00260-REP) Submitted: December 18, 2018 Decided: December 20, 2018 Before AGEE, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Aaron and Lena Haas, Appellants Pro Se. Richard Earl Hill, Jr., CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Aaron and Lena Haas appeal the district court’s order dismissing their second amended complaint against certain Defendants and denying leave to file a third amended complaint and the order dismissing without prejudice their claims against the remaining Defendants for failure to serve. * We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error in the first dismissal order, which we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Haas v. City of Richmond, No. 3:17-cv-00260-REP (E.D. Va. Aug. 10, 2018). But the Haases have forfeited appellate review of the second dismissal order by failing to challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition in their informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); Jackson, 775 F.3d at 177 (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’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 * Although the Haases did not technically comply with Fed. R. App. P. 3(c)(1)(B) when composing their timely notice of appeal, we conclude that we have jurisdiction to review both orders. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 176 (4th Cir. 2014) (“[W]e construe the rule liberally and take a functional approach to compliance, asking whether the putative appellant has manifested the intent to appeal a specific judgment or order and whether the affected party had notice and an opportunity fully to brief the issue.”). 3
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