Virginia Arlene Goforth v. HARLEY G. LAPPIN, Director of Bureau of Prisons

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-7360
VIRGINIA ARLENE GOFORTH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
and
MR. GOFORTH, Virginia Arlene Goforth’s Husband and et al,
Plaintiff,
v.
HARLEY G. LAPPIN, Director of Bureau of Prisons; NEWTON
KENDING, Bureau of Prisons Medical Director; AMBER NELSON,
Warden, Alderson Federal Prison Camp; ALICE LOWE, Associate
Warden, Alderson Federal Prison Camp; ALAN BLANKENSHIP,
Health Services Unit Health Administrator, Alderson Federal
Prison Camp; NEAL REHBURG, Doctor of Osteopathy, Alderson
Federal Prison Camp; DEBRA HICKEY, 2006 Warden, Alderson
Federal Prison Camp; DONNA SAFFOLD, 2006 Associate Warden,
Alderson Federal Prison Camp; VICKI DUPREE, Captain,
Alderson Federal Prison Camp; J. ENGLEMAN, Unit Manager, A.
Range, Alderson Federal Prison Camp; CYNTHIA GODBOLD, 2006
Unit Manager, A Range, Alderson Federal Prison Camp (Guard
on Duty); UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (and specifically
herein),
Defendants - Appellees,
and
THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, Individually, and
in their official capacity as Custodians/Directors of
Custodians; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; MICHAEL B.
MUKASEY, United States Attorney General or Predecessor;

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UNITED STATES INSPECTOR GENERAL; THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior
District Judge. (1:09-cv-00003)
Submitted: February 29, 2016 Decided: April 4, 2016
Before SHEDD and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Virginia Arlene Goforth, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen Michael
Horn, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West
Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Virginia Arlene Goforth appeals the district court’s orders
accepting the recommendations of the magistrate judge and
denying relief on her complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six
Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S.
388 (1971), and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). We have
reviewed the record and find no reversible error in the district
court’s rejection of Goforth’s FTCA claim. Accordingly, we
grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affirm the
disposition of the FTCA claim for the reasons stated by the
district court. Goforth v. Lappin, No. 1:09-cv-00003 (S.D. W.
Va. Aug. 14, 2015).
Turning to Goforth’s Bivens claims, we confine our review
on appeal to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See
4th Cir. R. 34(b). Goforth’s informal brief does not challenge
the bases for the district court’s disposition of her Bivens
claims — namely, that she failed to properly serve the
individual defendants and, in any event, that she failed to
demonstrate deliberate indifference to her serious medical
needs. Thus, Goforth has forfeited appellate review of the
court’s order. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s
denial of Goforth’s Bivens claims.

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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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