Terron Dizzley v. Tonya James
Terron Dizzley v. Tonya James
Opinion
USCA4 Appeal: 25-6343 Doc: 11 Filed: 12/02/2025 Pg: 1 of 2
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-6343
TERRON GERHARD DIZZLEY,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
TONYA JAMES; JOEL ANDERSON,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. William Stevens Brown, V, Magistrate Judge. (8:25-cv-01093-JD)
Submitted: November 25, 2025 Decided: December 2, 2025
Before WYNN and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Terron Gerhard Dizzley, Appellant Pro Se.
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PER CURIAM:
Terron Gerhard Dizzley seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s report
recommending that the district court deny Dizzley’s
28 U.S.C. § 2254petition. 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 Dizzley seeks to appeal is neither a
final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Furthermore, the doctrine
of “cumulative finality”—which “authorizes us to exercise appellate jurisdiction where all
claims as to all parties are disposed of while the appeal is pending, and where the district
court could have certified the challenged order for immediate appeal pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b),” Williamson v. Stirling,
912 F.3d 154, 170(4th Cir. 2018)—
does not cure this jurisdictional defect. 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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