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Parties Involved:
Alan Blankenship
Appellee
Vicki Dupree
Appellee
J. Engleman
Appellee
Federal Bureau of Prisons

Cynthia Godbold
Appellee
Mr. Goforth

Virginia Arlene Goforth
Appellant
Debra Hickey
Appellee
Newton Kending
Appellee
Harley G. Lappin
Appellee
Alice Lowe
Appellee
Michael B. Mukasey

Amber Nelson
Appellee
Neal Rehburg
Appellee
Donna Saffold
Appellee
United States Department of Justice

United States Inspector General

United States Sentencing Commission

United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7360

VIRGINIA ARLENE GOFORTH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

MR. GOFORTH, Virginia Arlene Goforth’s Husband and et al,

Plaintiff,

v.

HARLEY G. LAPPIN, Director of Bureau of Prisons; NEWTON 

KENDING, Bureau of Prisons Medical Director; AMBER NELSON, 

Warden, Alderson Federal Prison Camp; ALICE LOWE, Associate 

Warden, Alderson Federal Prison Camp; ALAN BLANKENSHIP, 

Health Services Unit Health Administrator, Alderson Federal 

Prison Camp; NEAL REHBURG, Doctor of Osteopathy, Alderson 

Federal Prison Camp; DEBRA HICKEY, 2006 Warden, Alderson 

Federal Prison Camp; DONNA SAFFOLD, 2006 Associate Warden, 

Alderson Federal Prison Camp; VICKI DUPREE, Captain, 

Alderson Federal Prison Camp; J. ENGLEMAN, Unit Manager, A. 

Range, Alderson Federal Prison Camp; CYNTHIA GODBOLD, 2006 

Unit Manager, A Range, Alderson Federal Prison Camp (Guard 

on Duty); UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (and specifically 

herein),

Defendants - Appellees,

and

THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, Individually, and 

in their official capacity as Custodians/Directors of 

Custodians; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; MICHAEL B. 

MUKASEY, United States Attorney General or Predecessor;

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UNITED STATES INSPECTOR GENERAL; THE UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern 

District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior 

District Judge. (1:09-cv-00003)

Submitted: February 29, 2016 Decided: April 4, 2016

Before SHEDD and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Virginia Arlene Goforth, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen Michael 

Horn, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West 

Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Virginia Arlene Goforth appeals the district court’s orders

accepting the recommendations of the magistrate judge and 

denying relief on her complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six 

Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 

388 (1971), and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). We have 

reviewed the record and find no reversible error in the district 

court’s rejection of Goforth’s FTCA claim. Accordingly, we 

grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affirm the 

disposition of the FTCA claim for the reasons stated by the 

district court. Goforth v. Lappin, No. 1:09-cv-00003 (S.D. W. 

Va. Aug. 14, 2015). 

Turning to Goforth’s Bivens claims, we confine our review 

on appeal to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See

4th Cir. R. 34(b). Goforth’s informal brief does not challenge 

the bases for the district court’s disposition of her Bivens

claims — namely, that she failed to properly serve the 

individual defendants and, in any event, that she failed to 

demonstrate deliberate indifference to her serious medical 

needs. Thus, Goforth has forfeited appellate review of the 

court’s order. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s 

denial of Goforth’s Bivens claims. 

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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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