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Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7592

OTIS FAUST,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

WARDEN TAYLOR; DIRECTOR OZMINT; ASSOCIATE WARDEN BURTON; 

MAJOR FELDER; LIEUTENANT MCNEIL; MARY MONTOUTH, Inmate 

Grievance Coordinator,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Rock Hill. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge. 

(0:07-cv-00058-RBH)

Submitted: February 25, 2010 Decided: March 4, 2010

Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Otis Faust, Appellant Pro Se. Christy L. Scott, SCOTT & PAYNE 

LAW FIRM, Walterboro, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Otis Faust appeals the district court’s order 

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and 

dismissing without prejudice Faust’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) 

complaint. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues 

raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). In his 

brief, Faust fails to challenge the district court’s dispositive 

ruling that he did not exhaust administrative remedies. 

Accordingly, we find that Faust has forfeited appellate review 

of that issue and affirm the district court’s order. We deny 

Faust’s motion for a transcript at government expense and 

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

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