Mervin Hinson-Bey v. City of Albermarle Police Dept

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:16-cv-00402-CCE-JLW. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000026742]. Mailed to: Mervin Hinson-Bey. [16-2148]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-2148

MERVIN HINSON-BEY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CITY OF ALBERMARLE POLICE DEPARTMENT; B. J. TIPTON, Officer,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:16-cv-00402-CCE-JLW)

Submitted:

February 16, 2017

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge,
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Decided:

DUNCAN,

February 21, 2017

Circuit

Judge,

and

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mervin Hinson-Bey, Appellant Pro Se.
Bradley Philip Kline,
CRANFILL, SUMNER & HARTZOG, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for
Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mervin
dismissing

Hinson-Bey
with

appeals

prejudice

his

the
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district

U.S.C.

court’s

§ 1983

rights action for failure to state a claim.
confine

our

brief.

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

brief

does

review

not

to

the

challenge

issues

the

raised

in

order

(2012)

civil

On appeal, we
the

Appellant’s

Because Hinson-Bey’s informal

basis

for

the

district

court’s

disposition, Hinson-Bey has forfeited appellate review of the
court’s order.

See Williams v. Giant Food Inc., 370 F.3d 423,

430 n.4 (4th Cir. 2004).
court’s judgment.
facts

and

materials

legal
before

Accordingly, we affirm the district

We dispense with oral argument because the
contentions

are

adequately

this

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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