Robert Neville v. Elizabeth McCaghren, No. 20-2017 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-2017 ROBERT NEVILLE, MD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ELIZABETH C. MCCAGHREN, Defendant - Appellee. No. 20-2020 ROBERT NEVILLE, MD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BETSY MCCAGHREN, Defendant - Appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:20-cv-00020-MR-WCM; 1:20cv-00065-MR-WCM) Submitted: December 22, 2020 Decided: December 28, 2020 Before NIEMEYER, FLOYD, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Robert Neville, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Robert Neville appeals the district court’s order denying Neville’s motion for recusal. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Neville’s informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition of the motion for recusal, he has forfeited appellate review of the court’s order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014) (“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 order. 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 3

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