Leon Calloway v. Herbert Taylor, III, No. 20-1885 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-1885 LEON VINCENT CALLOWAY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. HERBERT E. TAYLOR, III; P. SCOTT DEBRUIN; LYNCHBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT; AMHERST COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, Defendants - Appellees, and LYNCHBURG CITY AND CIRCUIT COURT, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Lynchburg. Norman K. Moon, Senior District Judge. (6:19-cv-00045-NKM) Submitted: December 22, 2020 Decided: December 28, 2020 Before NIEMEYER, FLOYD, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Leon Vincent Calloway, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Grasty Bell, Jr., TIMBERLAKE SMITH, Staunton, Virginia; Julian Friedman Harf, GUYNN WADDELL CARROLL & LOCKABY, P.C., Salem, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Leon Vincent Calloway appeals the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. ∗ On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Calloway’s informal briefs do not challenge the bases for the district court’s procedural findings, 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 judgment and deny Calloway’s motion to appoint counsel. 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 ∗ We conclude that the district court’s order is final and appealable. See Bing v. Brivo Sys., LLC, 959 F.3d 605, 610-15 (4th Cir. 2020), petition for cert. filed, No. 20-759 (U.S. Nov. 27, 2020). 3

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