James Adeyemi v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1024
JAMES ADEYEMI,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
SSA NOTIFY,
Party-in-Interest.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Stephanie A. Gallagher, District Judge. (1:21-cv-00330-SAG)
Submitted: June 28, 2022 Decided: June 30, 2022
Before NIEMEYER and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Adeyemi, Appellant Pro Se. Jillian Elizabeth Quick, Assistant Regional Counsel,
Office of General Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore,

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Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James Adeyemi appeals the district court’s orders denying relief on his complaint,
in which he contested decisions by the Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration, and his Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion. On appeal, we confine our review to
the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Adeyemi’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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