Vincent Squire v. Ms. Witt

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Vincent Squire v. Ms. Witt

Opinion

USCA4 Appeal: 22-6855 Doc: 11 Filed: 11/29/2022 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-6855

VINCENT SQUIRE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MS. WITT; MS. MOSLEY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, Senior District Judge. (2:20-cv-00376-RAJ-LRL)

Submitted: November 22, 2022 Decided: November 29, 2022

Before HARRIS and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Vincent Squire, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Vincent Squire seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without

prejudice Squire’s

42 U.S.C. § 1983

action for failure to prosecute and providing Squire

the opportunity to file an amended complaint. 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 Squire seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable

interlocutory or collateral order. See Britt v. DeJoy,

45 F.4th 790, 793, 797

(4th Cir. 2022)

(en banc) (order) (explaining that a district court’s “order that dismisses a complaint with

leave to amend is not a final decision” and that plaintiff must either file an amended

complaint in the district court or “request that the district court enter a final decision

dismissing [his] case without leave to amend”). 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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