Derek Williams v. Brayden Leopold

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Derek Williams v. Brayden Leopold

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6513

DEREK MARIO WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BRAYDEN LEOPOLD, Greenville County Sheriff’s Department, in his individual capacity; HARRY MCCONNELL, Greenville County Sheriff’s Department, in his individual capacity; JACOB YOUNGBLOOD, Greenville County Sheriff’s Department, in his individual capacity,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Kevin Frank McDonald, Magistrate Judge. (6:24-cv-01772-JDA)

Submitted: October 23, 2025 Decided: October 31, 2025

Before KING and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Derek Mario Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Todd Russell Flippin, HOLCOMBE BOMAR, PA, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees.

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PER CURIAM:

Derek Williams seeks to appeal the report filed by the magistrate judge

recommending that the district court deny relief on Williams’s

42 U.S.C. § 1983

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 Williams seeks to

appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

Accordingly, we deny Williams’s motion to add a declaration to his opposition to the

summary judgment motion, and 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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Status
Unpublished