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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2130

In re: MYKAL S. RYAN, HELEN E. RYAN,

Debtors,

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DAVID R. RUBY,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

KELLY M. BARNHART,

Party-in-Interest – Appellee,

MYKAL S. RYAN; HELEN E. RYAN,

Debtors – Appellants,

and

JUDY A. ROBBINS,

Trustee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Newport News. Mark S. Davis, District 

Judge. (4:14-cv-00109-MSD-TEM)

Submitted: March 17, 2015 Decided: March 19, 2015

Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mykal S. Ryan, Helen E. Ryan, Appellants Pro Se. Kelly M. 

Barnhart, Appellee Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Mykal S. Ryan and Helen E. Ryan seek to appeal the district 

court’s order directing them to show cause why their appeal from 

the bankruptcy court’s order should not be dismissed for failure 

to prosecute. 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 the Ryans seek 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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