USCA4 Appeal: 22-1897 Doc: 13 Filed: 04/24/2023 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-1897

MAJOR FLEMING, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SHAWN T. RIVARD, Virginia State Police; VINCE J. MACANO, Virginia State Police; VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AVIATION UNITS, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:22-cv-00210-JAG)

Submitted: April 20, 2023 Decided: April 24, 2023

Before KING and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Major Fleming, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Hensley, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

USCA4 Appeal: 22-1897 Doc: 13 Filed: 04/24/2023 Pg: 2 of 2

PER CURIAM: Major Fleming appeals the district court’s order dismissing Fleming’s 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 Fleming’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 deny Fleming’s motion to seal. 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