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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2342

STEPHEN THOMAS YELVERTON, as Assignee of the claims of Wade 

H. Atkinson, Jr.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

PHYLLIS Y. EDMUNDSON; YELVERTON FARMS, LTD.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior 

District Judge. (5:15-cv-00134-F)

Submitted: March 29, 2016 Decided: March 31, 2016

Before GREGORY and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Stephen Thomas Yelverton, Appellant Pro Se. Matthew Scott 

Sullivan, WHITE & ALLEN, PA, Kinston, North Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Stephen Thomas Yelverton seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order denying his motion for leave to file a second 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 Yelverton seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor 

an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we 

grant Appellees’ motion to 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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