UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-1806

REVEREND FRANKLIN C. REAVES, PhD; VASTENA REAVES; DONALD N. 

REAVES; HENRY O. REAVES; AMANDA EVANS; VALERIA REAVES 

MARTIN; HERCULES W. REAVES; FREDDY L. REAVES,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

and

KATHY J. REAVES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF MULLINS; MARION COUNTY; W. KENNETH MCDONALD, 

individually and in his official capacity as Mayor; TERRY B. 

STRICKLAND, individually and in his official capacity as 

member of Mullins City Council; JO A. SANDERS, individually 

and in her official capacity as member of Mullins City 

Council; JAMES W. ARMSTRONG, individually and in his 

official capacity as member of Mullins City Council; 

PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS, individually and in her official 

capacity as member of Mullins City Council; D. WAYNE 

COLLINS, individually and in his official capacity as member 

of Mullins City Council; DANIEL B. SHELLEY, JR.; GEORGE 

HARDWICK, individually and in his official capacity as City 

Administrator for City of Mullins; EDWIN P. ROGERS, 

individually and in his official capacity as Marion County 

Administrator; K. DONALD FLING, individually and in his 

official capacity as Marion County Code Enforcement Officer; 

JOHN Q. ATKINSON, individually and in his official capacity 

as member of Marion County Council; ELOISE W. ROGERS, 

individually and in her official capacity as member of 

Marion County Council; TOM SHAW, individually and in his 

official capacity as member of Marion County Council; ALLEN 

FLOYD, individually and in his official capacity as member 

of Marion County Council; MILTON TROY, individually and in 

his official capacity as member of Marion County Council; 
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PEARLY BRITT, individually and in his official capacity as 

member of Marion County; ELISTA H. SMITH, individually and 

in her official capacity as member of Marion County Council; 

CITY OF MULLINS POLICE DEPARTMENT; RUSSELL BASS, 

individually and in his official capacity as Chief of City 

of Mullins Police Department; VICKIE NICHOLS, individually 

and in her official capacity,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

Defendant.

No. 10-1973

REVEREND FRANKLIN C. REAVES, PhD; VASTENA REAVES; DONALD N. 

REAVES; HENRY O. REAVES; AMANDA EVANS; VALERIA REAVES 

MARTIN; HERCULES W. REAVES; FREDDY L. REAVES,

Plaintiffs – Appellants,

and

KATHY J. REAVES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF MULLINS; MARION COUNTY; W. KENNETH MCDONALD, 

individually and in his official capacity as Mayor; TERRY B. 

STRICKLAND, individually and in his official capacity as 

member of Mullins City Council; JO A. SANDERS, individually 

and in her official capacity as member of Mullins City 

Council; JAMES W. ARMSTRONG, individually and in his 

official capacity as member of Mullins City Council; 

PATRICIA A. PHILLIPS, individually and in her official 

capacity as member of Mullins City Council; D. WAYNE 

COLLINS, individually and in his official capacity as member 

of Mullins City Council; DANIEL B. SHELLEY, JR.; GEORGE 

HARDWICK, individually and in his official capacity as City 
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Administrator for City of Mullins; EDWIN P. ROGERS, 

individually and in his official capacity as Marion County 

Administrator; K. DONALD FLING, individually and in his 

official capacity as Marion County Code Enforcement Officer; 

JOHN Q. ATKINSON, individually and in his official capacity 

as member of Marion County Council; ELOISE W. ROGERS, 

individually and in her official capacity as member of 

Marion County Council; TOM SHAW, individually and in his 

official capacity as member of Marion County Council; ALLEN 

FLOYD, individually and in his official capacity as member 

of Marion County Council; MILTON TROY, individually and in 

his official capacity as member of Marion County Council; 

PEARLY BRITT, individually and in his official capacity as 

member of Marion County; ELISTA H. SMITH, individually and 

in her official capacity as member of Marion County Council; 

CITY OF MULLINS POLICE DEPARTMENT; RUSSELL BASS, 

individually and in his official capacity as Chief of City 

of Mullins Police Department; VICKIE NICHOLS, individually 

and in her official capacity,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

Defendant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District 

of South Carolina, at Florence. Terry L. Wooten, District 

Judge. (4:07-cv-01487-TLW-TER)

Submitted: March 31, 2011 Decided: April 4, 2011

Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Franklin C. Reaves, Vastena Reaves, Donald N. Reaves, Henry O. 

Reaves, Amanda Evans, Valeria Reaves Martin, Hercules W. Reaves, 

and Freddy L. Reaves, Appellants Pro Se. Douglas Charles 
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Baxter, RICHARDSON, PLOWDEN & ROBINSON, PA, Myrtle Beach, South 

Carolina; Robert Thomas King, WILLCOX BUYCK & WILLIAMS, PA, 

Florence, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, Appellants appeal the 

district court’s orders accepting the recommendations of the 

magistrate judge and denying relief on their civil action and 

denying their subsequent Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for 

reconsideration. Appellants also appeal the magistrate judge’s 

order denying their Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion to reconsider 

the order granting sanctions to Appellees. In their informal 

briefs, Appellants fail to address the dispositive issues in the 

case. Therefore, Appellants have forfeited appellate review of 

those issues. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b) (limiting review to issues 

raised in the informal brief); see also Edwards v. City of 

Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 n.6 (4th Cir. 1999) (finding 

failure to raise issue in opening brief constituted abandonment 

of that issue). Accordingly, we affirm. 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