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Parties Involved:
T. A. Banks
Appellee
B. Barton
Appellee
D. Boyles
Appellee
Bureau of Prisons
Appellee
R. Craig
Appellee
Administrator Deveza
Appellee
Al Haynes
Appellee
P. A.M. Ittayem
Appellee
Harley Lapin
Appellee
G. Maldonado
Appellee
R. McFadden
Appellee
V. Puri
Appellee
Ramirez
Appellee
David Robertson
Appellee
Frank Skinner
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee
K. White
Appellee
A. W. Yark
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-8258

FRANK SKINNER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BUREAU OF PRISONS; HARLEY LAPIN, 

Director; RAMIREZ, Regional Director; K. WHITE, Mid-Atlantic 

Region Director; G. MALDONADO, USP-Atlanta Warden; A. W. 

YARK; P. A.M. ITTAYEM; R. CRAIG, Counselor; AL HAYNES, 

USP-Hazelton Warden; V. PURI, Health Care Administrator; D. 

BOYLES, R.N.; R. MCFADDEN, Western Region Director; T. A. 

BANKS, FCI Victorville Warden; HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR 

DEVEZA; B. BARTON, M.D.; DAVID ROBERTSON, President/CEO 

Monogalia General Hospital,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of West Virginia, at Elkins. Robert E. Maxwell, Senior

District Judge. (2:07-cv-00077-REM-JES)

Submitted: March 30, 2010 Decided: April 5, 2010

Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Frank Skinner, Appellant Pro Se. Rudolph Contreras, John F. 

Henault, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, Washington, 

D.C.; William E. Coonan, Assistant United States Attorney, 

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Fairview Heights, Illinois; Sharon Lynn Potter, OFFICE OF THE 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Frank Skinner appeals the district court’s order 

adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and 

dismissing his complaint pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named 

Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and the 

Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (2006), with 

prejudice in part and without prejudice in part. On appeal, we 

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

Brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Skinner’s brief fails to 

challenge the district court’s dispositive conclusions regarding 

the lack of personal jurisdiction over some defendants; his 

failure to state a claim against the institutional defendants; 

the merits of his Bivens action; his failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies; and his compliance with state law for 

his Federal Tort Claims Act claims. We therefore find Skinner 

has forfeited appellate review. Accordingly, we affirm the 

district court’s order and deny Skinner’s motion to appoint 

counsel. We 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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