Opinion
22-7147
03-21-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. GARLIN RAYMOND FARRIS, a/k/a G, Defendant-Appellant.
Garlin Raymond Farris, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Margaret Greenough, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: March 16, 2023
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., District Judge. (3:18-cr-00099-RJC-DCK-1)
Garlin Raymond Farris, Appellant Pro Se.
Elizabeth Margaret Greenough, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM
Garlin Raymond Farris appeals the district court's September 21, 2022, order sua sponte clarifying that it intended to allow Farris to amend his motion for reconsideration but not to alter its previous ruling on the merits. Because Farris' appeal of this order was timely filed and not otherwise barred, we deny the Government's motion to dismiss Farris' appeal of this order.[*] On appeal, however, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Farris' informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court's disposition, he has forfeited appellate review of the court's September 21, 2022, 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 order. 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
[*] To the extent Farris seeks to challenge the district court's previous orders and this court's prior judgments, we grant the Government's motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely and barred by the law of the case doctrine.