UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7549
KENNETH SORENSEN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
JOHN WOLFE, is the Warden of Jessup Correctional
Institution; S PRIGGS, is a Case Manager of the State of
Maryland Department of Corrections; LT. BARNETT, is a
Correctional Officer; CAPTAIN SHAW, Is a Correctional
Officer; DR. MOORE, is a Psychologist; CAROL JACKSON, is a
Chief Medical Supervisor Medical Records Supervisor; GEORGE
ALLEN, is a Case Manager; ROBERT JORDAN, is a Correctional
Officer of the State of Maryland Department of Corrections;
LIEUTENANT LEGRAND; KEVIN J. MCCOMANT; SERGEANT SHEKEY
SELLMAN; FRANK B. BISHOP, JR.; RICHARD J. GRAHAM, JR.;
MICHAEL P. THOMAS; W. SLATE; RONALD GORDON; ROBERT TICHNELL;
DAVID SIPES; E. CLARK; "BULTER"; "LIKIN"; J. MONROE;
"KARUNZIE"; JANE DOE #2, escorting transportation officer,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
JOHN DOE, is the Inspector General of the State of Maryland
Department of Corrections; JOHN DOE, is the Director of the
State of Maryland for the Division of Corrections; JOHN DOE,
is the Unit Chief of the State of Maryland Department of
Corrections; JOHN HAMMOND, is the County Executive for Anne
Arrundel County; JOHN DOE, is the Director of Statewide
Department of Corrections; JOHN DOE, is the Deputy
Superintendent of Operations of the State of Maryland
Department of Corrections; JOHN DOE, is the Treatment
Supervisor of the State of Maryland Department of
Corrections; AYO, is a Case Manager of the State of Maryland
Department of Corrections; J MICHAEL STOUFFER, is the
Commissioner of the State of Maryland Department of
Corrections,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Paul W. Grimm, District Judge. (8:15-
cv-01198-PWG; 8:15-cv-03041-PWG)
Submitted: March 14, 2017 Decided: March 17, 2017
Before FLOYD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed in part and affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Kenneth Sorensen, Appellant Pro Se. Nichole Cherie Gatewood,
Ankush Nayar, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Kenneth Sorensen seeks to appeal the district court’s order
granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ motion for
summary judgment in Sorensen’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) civil
rights action, and denying Sorensen’s third motion for
preliminary injunctive relief. We dismiss in part and affirm in
part.
This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final
orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and
collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P.
54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-
46 (1949). The portion of the order Sorensen seeks to appeal
that granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion for
summary judgment is neither a final order nor an appealable
interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss this
appeal in part for lack of jurisdiction.
We have jurisdiction, though, over that aspect of the order
that denied Sorensen’s motion for preliminary injunctive relief.
See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) (2012). On appeal, we confine our
review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See 4th
Cir. R. 34(b). Because Sorensen’s informal brief does not
challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition of this
motion, Sorensen has forfeited appellate review of that portion
of the appealed-from order. See Williams v. Giant Food Inc.,
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370 F.3d 423, 430 n.4 (4th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, we affirm
in part the district court’s judgment.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED IN PART;
AFFIRMED IN PART
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