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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6738

KENNETH NEWKIRK,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Director,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. Roderick Charles Young, 

Magistrate Judge. (3:16-cv-00265-HEH-RCY)

Submitted: August 18, 2016 Decided: August 23, 2016

Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth H. Newkirk, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Kenneth Newkirk seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order 

conditionally filing Newkirk’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition, 

directing the clerk to take certain actions, and denying without 

prejudice Newkirk’s request for an injunction and motion to 

dismiss. 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 Newkirk seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an 

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. 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 adequately presented in the 

materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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