Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr. v. WARDEN C. MANIS, Wallens Ridge State Prison

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-6431
LORENZA GERALD FEREBEE, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
WARDEN C. MANIS, Wallens Ridge State Prison; UNIT MANAGER Q.
REYNOLDS, Wallens Ridge State Prison,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Roanoke. Pamela Meade Sargent, Magistrate Judge. (7:19-cv-00628-PMS)
Submitted: October 13, 2021 Decided: October 14, 2022
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RUSHING, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

-- 1 of 2 --

2
PER CURIAM:
Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr., appeals the magistrate judge’s orders denying relief on
his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and denying his motion for reconsideration.* On appeal,
we confine our review to the issues raised in the 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.”). In his informal brief, Ferebee alleges that we lack jurisdiction over appeals
from a single district court judge or a magistrate judge and asks to appeal directly to the
United States Supreme Court. A litigant may appeal directly to the Supreme Court only
from the grant or denial of an interlocutory or permanent injunction by order of “a district
court of three judges.” 28 U.S.C. § 1253. In all other cases, “[c]ases in the court of appeals
may be reviewed by the Supreme Court” via certiorari review or certification of a question
of law by a court of appeals. 28 U.S.C. § 1254. Because Ferebee’s judgment was not
issued by a district court of three judges, he may not bypass our court. 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.
DISMISSED
* The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

-- 2 of 2 --