David Montgomery v. Conmed, Inc.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999788021-2], denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999778535-2]. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-00930-ELH. Copies to all parties and the district court. [1000030093]. Mailed to: Megan Anderson & David Montgomery. [16-1133]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1133

DAVID MICHAEL MONTGOMERY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CONMED, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
JASON BINGHAM, Cpl.; JOHN CARHART, Sgt.; SENIOR TROOPER
CLAYCOMB; FRANK FORNOSS, Str.; STRED WINKLER, Senior
Trooper; SGT. GALLIGAN; SCOTT PEDERSON; K. R. JENKINS,
Officer; JAMIE GROVER, Officer; CHRIS TAYLOR, Tfc.; EDWARD
EICHER, Sgt.; TPR BISHOP; THE CARROLL COUNTY JAIL; MR.
HARDINGER, Warden; ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE; STATE POLICE
WESTMINSTER,
Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge.
(1:13-cv-00930-ELH)

Submitted:

February 17, 2017

Decided:

Before AGEE, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

February 24, 2017

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David Michael Montgomery, Appellant Pro Se.
Thomas Althauser,
Megan Green Anderson, Eric Matthew Rigatuso, ECCLESTON & WOLF,
PC, Hanover, Maryland for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
David Michael Montgomery appeals the district court’s order
granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant Conmed, Inc., on
Montgomery’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint.
confine

our

brief.

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

brief

does

review

not

to

the

challenge

issues

the

raised

in

On appeal, we
the

Appellant’s

Because Montgomery’s informal

basis

for

the

district

court’s

disposition, Montgomery has forfeited appellate review of the
court’s order.
2014)

(“The

Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir.

informal

brief

is

an

important

document;

under

Fourth Circuit rules, our review is limited to issues preserved
in that brief.”).

Accordingly, we deny Montgomery’s motions for

appointment of counsel and affirm the district court’s judgment.
We

dispense

contentions

with
are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the

facts

and

the

materials

legal
before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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