Makeda Haile v. Kaiser Permanente
Makeda Haile v. Kaiser Permanente
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-2251
MAKEDA HAILE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
KAISER PERMANENTE TYSONS CORNER,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:19-cv-01330-LMB-TCB)
Submitted: March 10, 2020 Decided: March 12, 2020
Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Makeda Haile, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Makeda Haile seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice
her civil complaint alleging employment discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (2018). This court
may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders,
28 U.S.C. § 1291(2018), and certain
interlocutory and collateral orders,
28 U.S.C. § 1292(2018); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen
v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541, 545-46(1949). “An order dismissing a
complaint without prejudice is not an appealable final order under § 1291 if ‘the plaintiff
could save [the] action by merely amending [the] complaint.’” Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal
Aid Soc’y, Inc.,
807 F.3d 619, 623(4th Cir. 2015) (quoting Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar
Workers Local Union 392,
10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67(4th Cir. 1993)). Because the district
court dismissed Haile’s complaint without prejudice to her filing an amended complaint,
we conclude that the court’s order is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory
or collateral order.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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
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