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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 15-1759

BURL ANDERSON HOWELL, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Defendant - Appellee. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

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

District Judge. (5:14-cv-00898-F) 

Submitted: August 4, 2015 Decided: August 11, 2015 

Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. 

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Burl Anderson Howell, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly Ann Moore, 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, 

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

Dismissed by Supreme Court, November 2, 2015

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PER CURIAM:

Burl Anderson Howell seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order denying without prejudice as premature his motion for 

leave to file a motion for summary judgment. 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 

Howell 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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