USCA4 Appeal: 22-7016 Doc: 32 Filed: 01/20/2023 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-7016

CLINTON D. JOHNSON, JR., a/k/a Kayzon Ru, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SGT. JOHNSON, City of Conway Police Department Officer; ALLAN G.

HUGGINS, II, City of Conway Police Department Officer; LT. ANDERSON, J.

Reuben Long Detention Employee; OFFICER COSTELLO, J. Reuben Long Detention Employee; OFFICER STRICKLAND; OFFICER FOUTZ, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.

Sherri A. Lydon, District Judge. (4:20-cv-01664-SAL)

Submitted: January 17, 2023 Decided: January 20, 2023

Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Clinton D. Johnson, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Leslie A. Cotter, Jr., Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, RICHARDSON PLOWDEN & ROBINSON, PA, Columbia, South Carolina; J.W. Nelson Chandler, CHANDLER & DUDGEON LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Clinton D. Johnson, Jr., appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, dismissing two defendants for failure to effect service upon on them, and awarding summary judgment to the remaining defendants on Johnson’s claims alleged in his amended 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Johnson’s informal brief and other appellate filings do not challenge the bases 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. 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