Phuc Tran v. US

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--granting Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999967242-2]; denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999930211-2] Originating case number: 5:15-hc-02222-BO. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000026775]. Mailed to: Phuc Van Tran. [16-7243]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7243

PHUC VAN TRAN,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:15-hc-02222-BO)

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Phuc Van Tran, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Phuc Van Tran, a federal prisoner, appeals the district
court’s order dismissing without prejudice his 28 U.S.C. § 2241
(2012)

petition

unauthorized
motion.

as

an

improper

§ 2241

second

or

successive

28

petition
U.S.C.

and/or

§ 2255

an

(2012)

On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised

in the Appellant’s brief.

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

Tran’s

not

informal

district

brief

court’s

does

disposition,

review of the court’s order.

challenge
Tran

has

the

Because

basis

forfeited

for

the

appellate

See Williams v. Giant Food Inc.,

370 F.3d 423, 430 n.4 (4th Cir. 2004).

Accordingly, we grant

Tran’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, deny his motion to
appoint counsel, and affirm the district court’s judgment.
dispense

with

contentions

are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

We

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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