Jennifer Bowles v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-2119
JENNIFER BOWLES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:21-cv-00243-WO-JLW)
Submitted: October 30, 2023 Decided: November 14, 2023
Before GREGORY and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jennifer Bowles, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth DiVito, Assistant Regional Counsel, David
Nathaniel Mervis, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jennifer Bowles appeals the district court’s order and judgment adopting the
magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, granting the Commissioner’s motion for
judgment on the pleadings, and affirming the Commissioner’s decision denying disability
insurance benefits. We generally do not consider issues raised for the first time on appeal,
Hicks v. Ferreyra, 965 F.3d 302, 310 (4th Cir. 2020), and confine our review to the issues
raised in the informal brief, see 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Many of the issues Bowles raises in her
informal brief were not raised in the district court. And after reviewing the remainder of
Bowles’ informal brief, we conclude that she has forfeited appellate review of the district
court’s order by not raising any issues challenging the district court’s findings or analysis.
Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014) (limiting our review to issues
preserved in informal brief). Accordingly, we affirm the court’s order and 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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