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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1503

JOSEPHAT MUA,

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

THE MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; THE MARYLAND 

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY,

MARYLAND; HON. NANCY K. KOPP, State Treasurer,

 Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District 

Judge. (8:14-cv-02070-PJM)

Submitted: September 13, 2016 Decided: September 16, 2016

Before TRAXLER, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Josephat Mua, Appellant Pro Se. William H. Fields, OFFICE OF 

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland; William 

Antoine Snoddy, COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Upper Marlboro, 

Maryland; Elizabeth Lynn Adams, MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK & 

PLANNING COMMISSION, Riverdale, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Josephat Mua appeals the district court’s order dismissing 

his civil complaint against several Defendants. On appeal, we 

confine our review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s 

brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Mua’s informal briefs do 

not challenge the bases for the district court’s disposition, 

Mua has forfeited appellate review of the district court’s 

order. See Williams v. Giant Food Inc., 370 F.3d 423, 430 n.4 

(4th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s 

order of dismissal. Mua v. Attorney Gen., Md., No. 8:14-cv02070-PJM (D. Md. Mar. 31, 2016). 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

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