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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-1870

RICHARD OTIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; PAUL TINE, Commissioner of NCDMV; AGENT X, Employee of NCDMV-Carrboro, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Joe L. Webster, Magistrate Judge. (1:25-cv-00410-WO-JLW)

Submitted: October 16, 2025 Decided: October 20, 2025

Before KING, AGEE, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard Otis, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Richard Otis seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s recommendation to the district court that Otis’s civil complaint be dismissed. 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 magistrate judge’s recommendation 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