UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6564
BRUMAN STALIN ALVAREZ,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CORIZON, LLC, f/k/a Correctional Medical Services,
Incorporated, Regional; MOTTI MULLETA, M.D., Medical Provider;
BARBARA STEEL, Supervisor Medical Provider; JOHN MOSS, P.A.
Physician Assistant; WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INCORPORATED,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District Judge.
(1:10-cv-00179-WDQ)
Submitted: November 17, 2016 Decided: November 21, 2016
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bruman Stalin Alvarez, Appellant Pro Se. Gina Marie Smith, Amy E.
Askew, Ryan Alexander Mitchell, MEYERS, RODBELL & ROSENBAUM, PA,
Riverdale, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Bruman Stalin Alvarez appeals the district court’s orders
granting the Defendants’ motions to dismiss or for judgment on the
pleadings and dismissing Alvarez’s civil complaint. In his
informal appellate brief, Alvarez fails to challenge the district
court’s reasons for dismissing his complaint. Accordingly,
Alvarez has waived appellate review of those issues. See 4th Cir.
R. 34(b) (“The Court will limit its review to the issues raised in
the informal brief.”). Because Alvarez does not have a
constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel during his
civil proceedings, his claim that appointed counsel committed a
fraud upon the court by filing an inadequate complaint is without
merit. See Pitts v. Shinseki, 700 F.3d 1279, 1284-85 (Fed. Cir.
2012). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. We
deny Wexford Health Sources’ motion to dismiss. 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
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