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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7579

ROBERT COOPER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

RODERICK R. SOWERS; J. MICHAEL STOUFFER, Commissioner of 

Correction; BOBBY P. SHEARIN, Warden of North Branch Corr. 

Inst.; G. B. MCALPINE; N. A. KLINK; J. L. HARBAUGH; KEVIN L. 

LAMP, The Chaplain’s Office; PARRISH KAMMULF, Dietary 

Manager; MICHAEL GUTILLO; C. GILPIN; J. PAYNE; V. WHITEMANS; 

J. T. ZAIS; OFFICER BAUER; C. P. ROBINSON; JAMES SMITH; D. 

L. SMITH; JOHN/JANE DOES; KATHY JACOBS; MARY JO ROSE; P. H. 

PENNINGTON; FRANK B. BISHOP, JR., Warden of Western 

Correctional Institution; RANDY WATSON, Deputy Commissioner; 

E. LAMBERT; R. STOTLER; D. BEACHY; W. L. LEYDIG; RICHARD J. 

GRAHAM, JR.; JOHN/JANE DOE, a/k/a Stephanie Coates; L. 

MOULDIN, a/k/a Moulden; RANDY ADKINS; T. YUTZY; D. 

BITTINGER; D. BROADWATER; OFFICER GOLDEN, a/k/a Gonoas; 

ROBERT MANUEL; R. DOLLY; V. WARNICK, a/k/a Warnyck, 

Psychology Dept.; BRUCE LILLER, Psychology Dept.; MR. BANKS, 

Psychology Dept.; MS. HART; RONALD S. WEBER; J. SELLERS; 

KEITH ARNOLD; M. CADY,

Defendants – Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Senior District 

Judge. (1:13-cv-03872-JFM)

Submitted: March 31, 2016 Decided: June 29, 2016

Before SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert Cooper, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Judith Lane-Weber, 

Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Robert Cooper seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

denying in part and granting in part Defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment and dismissing some of Cooper’s claims. 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 Cooper seeks to appeal 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

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