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

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7981

BRIAN KEITH SILER,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

MUNICIPALITY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY; MUNICIPALITY OF CASWELL 

COUNTY; FRANK L. PERRY; BEN HOLLOMAN, JR.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Loretta C. Biggs, 

District Judge. (1:15-cv-00961-LCB-LPA)

Submitted: April 19, 2016 Decided: May 4, 2016

Before DIAZ and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brian Keith Siler, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Brian Keith Siler seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and 

dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint without 

prejudice to his right to file a petition for a writ of habeas 

corpus or an amended complaint. 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 Siler seeks 

to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable 

interlocutory or collateral order. See Goode v. Central Va. 

Legal Aid, 807 F.3d 619 (4th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, we 

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand the case 

to the district court with instructions to allow Siler to file 

an amended complaint or petition. 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 AND REMANDED

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