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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6208

ABDUL-HAMZA WALI MUHAMMAD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; HAROLD W. CLARKE; DEBRA D. 

GARDNER; A. DAVID ROBINSON; GEORGE K. WASHINGTON; P. 

SCARBERRY, FODA; RANDALL CHARLES. MATHENA; JOHN F. WALRATH; 

SHERRI SHORTRIDGE; JEFFREY C. ARTRIP; A. J. GALLIHAR; 

DEWAYNE A. TURNER; STACY L. DAY; REANNE KEGLEY; CMC 

JACKSON; PAUL MOCERI, QMHP Senior; S. FLETCHER, MED/QMHP; 

LIEUTENANT C. STANLEY; SERGEANT ERIC ANTHONY MILLER; 

SERGEANT CLINTON DEEL; JOHN MESSER; ALL DUAL TREATMENT TEAM 

MEMBERS; J. W. COYLE; C. BISHOP; A. J. VAUGHAN; LIEUTENANT 

STEVEN B. FRANKLIN; LIEUTENANT JAMES LYALL; LARRY W. JARVIS; 

JOHN MCQUEEN; SGT. C. DIXON; UNIT MANAGER TORI M. RAIFORD; 

MISSY L. COUNTS; CAPT. D. STILL; RENA I. MULLINS; A. MURPHY; 

B. AKERS; D. WILLIAMS; LARRY I. MULLINS; N.H. COOKIE SCOTT; 

BRIAN KEITH DAWKINS; HELEN SCOTT RICHESON; ADINA POGUE, 

Chief Operational Officer Regional; MARK E. ENGELKE; 

GERALDINE G. BAKER; LIEUTENANT JUSTIN KISER; GEORGE HINKLE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Joel Christopher Hoppe, 

Magistrate Judge. (7:14-cv-00529-GEC-JCH)

Submitted: April 19, 2016 Decided: April 22, 2016

Before AGEE, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Abdul-Hamza Wali Muhammad, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Carson 

Vorhis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laura Haeberle 

Cahill, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, 

Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Abdul-Hamza Wali Muhammad seeks to appeal the magistrate 

judge’s recommendation that Appellees’ motions to dismiss or for 

summary judgment be granted in part and denied in part and that 

Muhammad’s motions be denied. 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 Muhammad

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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