Opinion
22-7464
05-23-2023
ELWOOD GREGORY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLAKENSHIP, Nurse S-3 Medical, Defendant-Appellee.
Elwood Gregory, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: May 18, 2023
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, Chief District Judge. (2:22-cv-00420-MSD-RJK)
Elwood Gregory, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Elwood Gregory appeals the district court's order dismissing without prejudice his civil rights action for failure to prosecute, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b).[*] On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Gregory's informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court's disposition, 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. 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.
[*] Although the dismissal was without prejudice, we conclude that the district court's order is final and appealable because the court dismissed the complaint "for procedural reasons unrelated to the contents of the pleadings." Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc'y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619, 624 (4th Cir. 2015), abrogated in part on other grounds by Bing v. Brivo Sys., LLC, 959 F.3d 605, 611-12 (4th Cir. 2020).