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Reaves v. City of Mullins

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 4, 2011
420 F. App'x 297 (4th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

Nos. 10-1806, 10-1973.

Submitted: March 31, 2011.

Decided: April 4, 2011.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Terry L. Wooten, District Judge. (4:07-cv-01487-TLW-TER).

Franklin C. Reaves, Vastena Reaves, Donald N. Reaves, Henry 0. Reaves, Amanda Evans, Valeria Reaves Martin, Hercules W. Reaves, and Freddy L. Reaves, Appellants Pro Se. Douglas Charles Baxter, Richardson, Plowden Robinson, PA, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Robert Thomas King, Willcox Buyck Williams, PA, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


In these consolidated appeals, Appellants appeal the district court's orders accepting the recommendations of the magistrate judge and denying relief on their civil action and denying their subsequent Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration. Appellants also appeal the magistrate judge's order denying their Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion to reconsider the order granting sanctions to Appellees. In their informal briefs, Appellants fail to address the dispositive issues in the case. Therefore, Appellants have forfeited appellate review of those issues. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b) (limiting review to issues raised in the informal brief); see also Edwards v. City of Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 n. 6 (4th Cir. 1999) (finding failure to raise issue in opening brief constituted abandonment of that issue). Accordingly, we affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Reaves v. City of Mullins

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 4, 2011
420 F. App'x 297 (4th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

Reaves v. City of Mullins

Case Details

Full title:Reverend Franklin C. REAVES, PhD; Vastena Reaves; Donald N. Reaves; Henry…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Apr 4, 2011

Citations

420 F. App'x 297 (4th Cir. 2011)