Sherod H. Mair v. United States Navy

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-6015
SHEROD H. MAIR,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES NAVY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, Senior District Judge. (2:21-cv-00476-RAJ-LRL)
Submitted: June 23, 2022 Decided: June 28, 2022
Before WYNN and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sherod H. Mair, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Sherod H. Mair appeals the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice his
civil rights complaint for failure to prosecute pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).∗ On appeal,
we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b).
Because Mair’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
∗ Although the district court dismissed Mair’s complaint without prejudice, the order
is final and appealable because “there is nothing in the opinion indicating that the
deficiencies could be corrected by improved pleading.” Bing v. Brivo Sys.,
LLC, 959 F.3d 605, 611 (4th Cir. 2020).

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