Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-02-09 20:00:29.372697+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                       No. 21-7144

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                     Plaintiff - Appellee,

              v.

JESSIE LAMONT SCRIVEN,

                     Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:16-cr-00174-BO-1)

Submitted: January 31, 2022                                       Decided: February 9, 2022

Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jessie Lamont Scriven, Appellant Pro Se. David A. Bragdon, Assistant United States
Attorney, Lucy Partain Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker,
Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

       Jessie Scriven appeals from the district court’s order denying reconsideration of the

court’s order denying his motion for compassionate release. On appeal, we confine our

review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Scriven’s

informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition, he has

forfeited appellate review of the court’s order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177

(4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules,

our review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). Accordingly, we affirm the district

court’s judgment. 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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