Patricia Ann Thomas v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-2161
PATRICIA ANN THOMAS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:21-cv-02256-MGL)
Submitted: July 25, 2024 Decided: July 29, 2024
Before GREGORY, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Patricia Ann Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Lillian Marshall Coleman Newton, BETTIS LAW
GROUP, LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Patricia Ann Thomas appeals the district court’s order denying her Fed. R. Civ. P.
60(b) motion for relief from the district court’s order dismissing her civil complaint. We
have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district
court’s order. Thomas v. S.C. Dep’t of Mental Health, No. 3:21-cv-02256 (D.S.C. Oct. 19,
2023). In addition, we decline to consider either claims raised for the first time on appeal,
see Muth v. United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 1993), or claims not raised in Thomas’s
informal brief, see Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014). 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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