Otis Faust v. Warden Taylor

Filing 920100304

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7592

OTIS FAUST, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WARDEN TAYLOR; DIRECTOR OZMINT; ASSOCIATE WARDEN BURTON; MAJOR FELDER; LIEUTENANT MCNEIL; MARY MONTOUTH, Inmate Grievance Coordinator, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge. (0:07-cv-00058-RBH)

Submitted:

February 25, 2010

Decided:

March 4, 2010

Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Otis Faust, Appellant Pro Se. Christy L. Scott, SCOTT & PAYNE LAW FIRM, Walterboro, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Otis accepting dismissing complaint. the Faust appeals the of district the 42 our court's judge order and

recommendation prejudice we

magistrate U.S.C. review

without On

Faust's confine

§ 1983 to the

(2006) issues In his

appeal,

raised in the informal brief.

See 4th Cir. R. 34(b).

brief, Faust fails to challenge the district court's dispositive ruling that he did not exhaust administrative remedies.

Accordingly, we find that Faust has forfeited appellate review of that issue and affirm the district court's order. Faust's dispense motion with for oral a transcript at government the facts We deny and legal

expense and

argument

because

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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