Genuine Banner v. Dennis Patterson

USCA4 Appeal: 25-6567 Doc: 20 Filed: 02/24/2026 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6567

GENUINE TRUTH BANNER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DENNIS PATTERSON; JOEL ANDERSON; BRANDON BYRD; STEPHANIE SKEWES; JOSEPH STINES; STACEY RICHARDSON; JANA HOLLIS; MRS. MACKEY; AUDREY DANIELS-MOORE; TERRIE WALLACE; ASSOCIATE WARDEN JOSEPH CANNING III; FELECIA MCKIE; MRS. SNOW; MRS. SYLVIA ROBERTS; JOHN DOE #4; LASHAWN PEOPLES; ESTHER LABRADOR; BRIAN STERLING; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Joseph Dawson, III, District Judge. (6:24-cv-05147-JD)

Submitted: February 19, 2026 Decided: February 24, 2026

Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Genuine Truth Banner, Appellant Pro Se. David Cornwell Holler, SMITH ROBINSON HOLLER DUBOSE & MORGAN, LLC, Sumter, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

USCA4 Appeal: 25-6567 Doc: 20 Filed: 02/24/2026 Pg: 2 of 2

PER CURIAM: Genuine Truth Banner appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss, on 28 U.S.C. § 1915A review, Banner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Limiting our review of the record to the issues raised in Banner’s informal brief, see 4th Cir. R. 34(b); see also 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.”), we find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Banner v. Patterson, No. 6:24-cv-05147-JD (D.S.C. June 12, 2025). 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