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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1083

LINDA M. BENNETT, Executrix for the Estate of Elizabeth H. 

Maynard and on behalf of herself and others similarly 

situated,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM); OFFICE OF FEDERAL 

EMPLOYEE’S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE (OFEGLI); METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY (METLIFE),

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. James A. Beaty, Jr., 

Senior District Judge. (1:14-cv-00137-JAB-JLW)

Submitted: May 19, 2015 Decided: May 21, 2015

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

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Linda M. Bennett, Appellant Pro Se. Joan Brodish Binkley, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina; 

Elizabeth J. Bondurant, WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC, 

Atlanta, Georgia; Katherine Thompson Lange, WOMBLE CARLYLE 

SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Linda M. Bennett seeks to appeal the district court’s order

adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and granting on 

sovereign immunity grounds the motion to dismiss filed by 

Defendant Office of Personnel Management. 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 

Bennett seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an 

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Catlin v. 

United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945); Baird v. Palmer, 114 

F.3d 39, 42 (4th Cir. 1997); Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians v. Michigan, 5 F.3d 147, 150 (6th Cir. 1993). 

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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