CONNELL DONES v. MEGAN BRENNAN (2017)

Connell Dones appeals the verdict entered in favor of the defendant with respect to Dones' employment discrimination complaint. Giving liberal interpretation to Dones' informal appellate brief, Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007) (per curiam), he does not contest the district court's orders granting in part defendant's motion to dismiss and granting in part defendant's motion for summary judgment. See 4th Cir. R. 42(b). Instead, Dones only challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury's verdict on one claim. Because Dones failed to file either a Fed. R. Civ. P. 50 or 59(a) motion within 28 days of the judgment, any challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is foreclosed. See Belk, Inc. v. Meyer Corp., U.S., 679 F.3d 146, 154-60 (4th Cir. 2012) (noting that postverdict motion challenging jury's verdict as to sufficiency of evidence is necessary to preserve issue for appeal). Accordingly, we affirm 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.

AFFIRMED

PER CURIAM: