Opinion
22-7326
02-24-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CLAUDE SLOAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Claude Sloan, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: February 21, 2023
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (2:18-cr-00004-JPJ-1)
Claude Sloan, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM
Claude Sloan appeals the district court's order denying his tenth motion for compassionate release. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Sloan's informal brief does not challenge the district court's disposition of this motion, 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 order. United States v. Sloan, No. 2:18-cr-00004-JPJ-1 (W.D. Va. Nov. 8, 2022). 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 Sloan seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his petition for actual innocence, that order is not properly before us. Sloan noted this appeal before the district court entered its order denying that petition, and he did not subsequently note an appeal of that order. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A).