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Patrick CHRISTIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 16-1855
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: November 17, 2016
    Decided: November 21, 2016
    Patrick O. Christian, Appellant Pro Se.
    Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
   Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Patrick O. Christian seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his civil complaint without prejudice. We may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders of the district court, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). We conclude that the order Christian seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Goode v. Central Va. Legal Aid, 807 F.3d 619 (4th Cir. 2015).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with instructions to allow Christian to reinstate his case and file an amended complaint. 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 décisional process.

DISMISSED AND REMANDED