Filed: Jan. 27, 2020
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7138 DON FARMER, Petitioner - Appellant, v. BERNARD BOOKER, Warden, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., District Judge. (3:18-cv-00715-JAG-RCY) Submitted: January 21, 2020 Decided: January 27, 2020 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Don Farmer, Appel
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7138 DON FARMER, Petitioner - Appellant, v. BERNARD BOOKER, Warden, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., District Judge. (3:18-cv-00715-JAG-RCY) Submitted: January 21, 2020 Decided: January 27, 2020 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Don Farmer, Appell..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-7138
DON FARMER,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
BERNARD BOOKER, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., District Judge. (3:18-cv-00715-JAG-RCY)
Submitted: January 21, 2020 Decided: January 27, 2020
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Don Farmer, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Don Farmer appeals the district court’s order denying as untimely his 28 U.S.C.
§ 2254 (2018) petition. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the
Appellant’s brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Farmer’s informal brief does not
challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition, Farmer has forfeited appellate review
of the court’s 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 grant leave to procced in forma
pauperis and affirm the district court’s judgment. We also deny as unnecessary a certificate
of appealability. See Harbison v. Bell,
556 U.S. 180, 183 (2009). 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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