Davieyon Develle Hopkins v. Warden Fci Edgefield

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-6289
DAVIEYON DEVELLE HOPKINS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
WARDEN FCI EDGEFIELD,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Orangeburg. Donald C. Coggins, Jr., District Judge. (5:18-cv-03597-DCC)
Submitted: September 22, 2020 Decided: September 25, 2020
Before NIEMEYER, KEENAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Davieyon Develle Hopkins, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Davieyon Develle Hopkins, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing without prejudice
Hopkins’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. The district court dismissed Hopkins’s § 2241
petition based on the postconviction action waiver in his plea agreement. On appeal, we
confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because
Hopkins’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 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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