Opinion
22-1109
09-26-2022
JERMAINE M. CAPEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK POLICE DEPARTMENT; NORFOLK SHERIFF'S; OFFICER L. MELLINGER; OFFICER F. J. LAWSON; OFFICER MOORE; OFFICER BULLOCK; DEPUTY SHERIFF BROOKS; JUDGE ATKINS; ATTORNEY RICHMOND, Defendants-Appellees.
Jermaine M. Capel, Appellant Pro Se. Heather Ann Mullen, Deputy City Attorney, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia; Jeff W. Rosen, PENDER &COWARD, PC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: September 22, 2022
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District Judge. (2:20-cv-00128-AWA-LRL)
Jermaine M. Capel, Appellant Pro Se.
Heather Ann Mullen, Deputy City Attorney, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia; Jeff W. Rosen, PENDER &COWARD, PC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellees.
Before WILKINSON, DIAZ, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM.
Jermaine M. Capel appeals the district court's orders denying relief on 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 Capel's informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court's dispositions, he has forfeited appellate review of the court's orders. 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 orders and judgment. Capel's motion to seal is denied. 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.