Barbara Ann Kelly v. McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Green & Lynch, P.a.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1378
BARBARA ANN KELLY,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
GREGORY B. MYERS,
Debtor,
v.
MCNAMEE, HOSEA, JERNIGAN, GREEN & LYNCH, P.A.,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
ROGER SCHLOSSBERG,
Trustee – Appellee.
No. 22-1379
GREGORY B. MYERS,
Debtor – Appellant,
BARBARA ANN KELLY,
Plaintiff,
v.

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MCNAMEE, HOSEA, JERNIGAN, GREEN & LYNCH, P.A.,
Defendant – Appellee,
and
ROGER SCHLOSSBERG,
Trustee – Appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
George Jarrod Hazel, District Judge. (8:21-cv-01186-GJH; 8:21-cv-01184-GJH; 8:21-cv-
01185-GJH)
Submitted: August 24, 2023 Decided: August 28, 2023
Before QUATTLEBAUM and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Barbara Ann Kelly and Gregory B. Myers, Appellants Pro Se. Daniel Russell Hodges,
ECCLESTON & WOLF, PC, Hanover, Maryland; Frank Joseph Mastro, SCHLOSSBERG
MASTRO, Hagerstown, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Barbara Ann Kelly and Gregory B. Myers appeal the district court’s order
dismissing their bankruptcy appeals for failure to timely file designations of the records on
appeal as required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009(a)(1). On appeal, we confine our review to
the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because the informal briefs
filed by Kelly and Myers do not challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition, they
have forfeited appellate review of the district 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. Additionally, we deny Kelly’s and Myers’ motions to
dismiss their appeals without prejudice, deny the Appellees’ motions to dismiss the
appeals, and deny the Trustee’s motion for sanctions. 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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