UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-2319
STARSHA M. SEWELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
WESTAT, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Timothy J. Sullivan, Magistrate Judge. (8:20-cv-01895-TJS)
Submitted: March 29, 2022 Decided: March 31, 2022
Before HARRIS, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Starsha M. Sewell, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Strong, VENABLE, LLP, Baltimore,
Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Starsha M. Sewell appeals the magistrate judge’s order dismissing on res judicata
grounds the civil action Sewell filed in June 2020. * On appeal, we confine our review to
the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Sewell’s informal
brief does not challenge the basis for the magistrate judge’s disposition, she has forfeited
appellate review of the appealed-from order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177
(4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules,
our review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). Accordingly, we affirm the
magistrate judge’s order. 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.
AFFIRMED
*
The parties consented to the exercise of jurisdiction by the magistrate judge. 28
U.S.C. § 636(c).
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Starsha Sewell v. Westat, Inc.
Combined Opinion