UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-7498

JONATHAN JAMES NEWELL, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SHANTICIA HAWKINS; CRISTEL VAUGHAN; SHIRLEY BENNETT; EVALYNN POWELL, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:20-ct-03200-FL)

Submitted: March 24, 2022 Decided: March 29, 2022

Before MOTZ, WYNN, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jonathan James Newell, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Jonathan James Newell seeks to appeal the district court’s order entered in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action granting the Defendants’ motion to deem their answer timely filed and denying Newell’s motion for entry of default judgment. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Newell seeks to appeal 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