UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 18-7325

ROGER EARL COLEY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; JUDGE W. RUSSELL DUKE, JR.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:17-ct-03109-D)

Submitted: December 20, 2018 Decided: December 27, 2018

Before DIAZ and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Roger Earl Coley, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Roger Earl Coley appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

reconsideration of the order dismissing his

(2012) action as frivolous.

On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See 4th

Cir. R. 34(b). As Coley’s informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district

court’s denial of Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) relief, he has forfeited appellate review of that

decision. See Jackson v. Lightsey,

(4th Cir. 2014). Although Coley

asserts that the district court should have appointed him counsel during the proceedings

below, we discern no abuse of discretion in the district court’s failure to appoint counsel

sua sponte. See Miller v. Simmons,

(4th Cir. 1987) (standard of

review); Whisenant v. Yuam,

(4th Cir. 1984) (requiring exceptional

circumstances to support appointment of counsel in civil cases), abrogated on other

grounds by Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court for the S. Dist. of Iowa,

(1989).

Because we have reviewed the record and find that this appeal is frivolous, we dismiss

the appeal. 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.

DISMISSED

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