Court Opinion

ID: 9382275
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-03-25 21:00:30.325495+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:38.311743
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-7149

        ROBERT WILLIAM LOSE, JR.,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        CPS OFFICER; FELICA BACHOR, CPS Worker/DHHR Worker; CONGRESS OF THE
        STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA; DEPUTY OF CPS CHARSTEN, WV; MARION
        COUNTY CPS OFFICE; MORGANTOWN WV CPS OFFICE,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:22-cv-00213-JPB)

        Submitted: March 21, 2023                                         Decided: March 24, 2023

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

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Robert William Lose, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Robert Lose, Jr., appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s

        recommendation and dismissing without prejudice Lose’s civil action challenging a state

        court custody decision pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). * On appeal, we confine our review

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

               *
                The district court’s order is final and appealable because the court did not give
        Lose leave to amend his complaint. See Britt v. DeJoy, 45 F.4th 790, 796 (4th Cir. 2022).

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