William Coonts v. Randolph County Commission, No. 16-1537 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1537 WILLIAM WAYNE COONTS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. RANDOLPH COUNTY COMMISSION; RANDLOPH COUNTY PROSECUTORS’ OFFICE; PHILLIP ISNER; PHILIP RIGGLEMAN, In His Individual Capacity; THERESA COGAR, In Her Individual Capacity; RICHARD WALLACE SHRYOCK, JR., In His Individual Capacity, Defendants - Appellees, and RANDOLPH COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Elkins. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (2:15-cv-00021-JPB-MJA) Submitted: November 22, 2016 Before DIAZ and Circuit Judge. THACKER, Circuit Decided: Judges, Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. November 29, 2016 and DAVIS, Senior William Wayne Coonts, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Clee Chenoweth, Peter G. Zurbuch, BUSCH, ZURBUCH & THOMPSON, PLLC, Elkins, West Virginia; David K. Hendrickson, HENDRICKSON & LONG, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: William granting action. Wayne the Coonts appeals the district court’s order Defendants’ motions to dismiss Coonts’ civil On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Coonts’ informal brief does not challenge the district court’s dispositive analysis, Coonts has waived 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 3

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