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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1624

ERIKA ELEANOR PEDRICK,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MARTIN J. O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Charles David Austin, Magistrate Judge. (8:23-cv-00924-CDA)

Submitted: November 19, 2024 Decided: November 21, 2024

Before QUATTLEBAUM, RUSHING, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Erika Eleanor Pedrick, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Jason Dorval, Special Assistant United States Attorney, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Erika Eleanor Pedrick appeals the magistrate judge’s order upholding the

Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) denial of Pedrick’s applications for disability insurance

benefits and supplemental security income. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues

raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Pedrick’s informal brief does

not challenge the basis for the magistrate judge’s disposition, she has forfeited appellate

review of the magistrate judge’s order. See Jackson v. Lightsey,

(4th

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

review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”); see also Hicks v. Ferreyra,

, 310 (4th Cir. 2020) (“It is well established that this court does not consider issues

raised for the first time on appeal, absent exceptional circumstances.” (cleaned up)).

Accordingly, we affirm the magistrate judge’s order. 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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