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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UNPUBLISHED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. 14-7442

BRANDON ROBERTS,

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

NORTH BRANCH FACILITY; WARDEN BOBBY P. SHEARIN; M. 

YACENECH, Acting Chief of Security; KEITH K. ARNOLD, Chief

of Security,

 Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. 

(1:13-cv-03765-ELH)

Submitted: March 20, 2015 Decided: March 31, 2015

Before SHEDD, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brandon Roberts, Appellant Pro Se. Nichole Cherie Gatewood, 

OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Brandon Roberts seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

denying his motion for discovery in this action filed under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). 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 Roberts 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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