Laquan Simmons v. Cumberland County Municipality, No. 16-7123 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-7123 LAQUAN LORENZO SIMMONS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY MUNICIPALITY; KELLY THOMPSON; ALLEN ROGERS; MS. ROWE; MS. SLAUGHTER; FRANK L. PERRY; THOMAS ASBELL, DIAMOND; SARAH STALLINGS; MS. Defendants – Appellees, and NORTH CAROLINA DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:15-ct-03317-FL) Submitted: December 15, 2016 Decided: December 20, 2016 Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Laquan Lorenzo Simmons, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Laquan Lorenzo Simmons appeals the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) civil rights action on 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) (2012) review. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. Cir. R. 34(b). challenge the Because basis for Simmons’ the informal district brief court’s See 4th does not disposition, Simmons 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). We Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. 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 2

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