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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-2078

ARMANDO DESPAIGNE ZULVETA,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

TC UNLIMITED INC; TIM CASE,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; PHILPOT LAW FIRM PA; 

STEADMAN HAWKINS CLINIC OF THE CAROLINAS; WILSON JONES CARTER & 

BAXLEY PA; ROBERT P. RESTREPO, JR.; STEPHEN R. BRUNER; IRVIN H. 

PHILPOT, III; CURTIS ELLIOT; WESLEY J. SHULL,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior

District Judge. (6:15-cv-02880-HMH-KFM)

Submitted: December 20, 2016 Decided: December 22, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Armando Despaigne Zulveta, Appellant Pro Se. Timothy Alan 

Domin, CLAWSON & STAUBES, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Armando Despaigne Zulveta appeals the district court’s 

scheduling order in his civil action. This court may exercise 

jurisdiction only over final orders, 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 (1949). The order Zulveta

seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable 

interlocutory or collateral order. Additionally, although 

Zulveta seeks to appeal the district court’s orders adopting the 

magistrate judge’s recommendations to grant two Defendants’ 

motion to file a late answer, to deny Zulveta’s motion for 

default judgment, and to grant motions to dismiss Zulveta’s 

claims against several Defendants, this court previously 

dismissed Zulveta’s interlocutory appeal of those orders for 

lack of jurisdiction, Zulveta v. State Auto. Mut. Ins., No. 15-

2561, 2016 WL 4394543, at *1 (4th Cir. Aug. 18, 2016), and 

another appeal would be not only interlocutory but duplicative.

Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dispense with 

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are 

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adequately presented in the materials before this court and 

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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