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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1595

WILLIAM SCOTT DAVIS, II,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE; STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; WAKE COUNTY 

NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; TOWN OF CARY NORTH 

CAROLINA; SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendants – Appellees.

No. 15-1602

WILLIAM SCOTT DAVIS, II,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

BABY J.F.D., c/o William S. Davis, II; ESTATE OF WILLIAM 

SCOTT DAVIS, SR., Deceased,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ALBERT J. SINGER; DANIELLE DOYLE; SYDNEY J. BATCH; MICHELE 

JAWORSKI SUAREZ; MELANIE A. SHEKITA; MICHELLE SAVAGE; ERIC 

CRAIG CHASSE; LISA SELLERS; CHARLOTTE MITCHELL; WENDY 

KIRWAN; SONJI CARLTON; NANCEY BERSON; DR. SUSAN GARVEY; 

ROBERT B. RADAR; MARGARET EAGLES; RICHARD CROUTHARMEL; WAKE 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT; BATCH, POORE & WILLIAMS,

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Defendants - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia at Newport News. Rebecca Beach Smith, 

Chief District Judge. (4:13-cv-00058-RBS-DEM; 4:13-cv-00007-

RBS-DEM)

Submitted: November 17, 2015 Decided: November 19, 2015

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

No. 15-1595 dismissed; No. 15-1602 affirmed by unpublished per 

curiam opinion.

William Scott Davis, II, Appellant Pro Se. George Maralan 

Kelley, III, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, 

Virginia; Roger Allen Askew, WAKE COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, 

Raleigh, North Carolina, James Nicholas Ellis, Caroline P. 

Mackie, Lisa Patterson Sumner, POYNER SPRUILL LLP, Raleigh, 

North Carolina; Elizabeth A. Martineau, MARTINEAU KING PLLC, 

Charlotte, North Carolina, Peter Andrew Teumer, ROBEY TEUMER & 

DRASH, Norfolk, Virginia; Sydney J. Batch, BATCH, POORE & 

WILLIAMS LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; Joseph Tedford McFadden, 

Jr., RAWLS, MCNELIS & MITCHELL, Norfolk, Virginia, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, William Scott Davis, II,

seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motions 

to strike, motions for stay, and motions for extension of time 

in a pending civil matter, and its order returning several of 

his filed documents in a closed civil matter. 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 denying Davis’ motions is neither a final order nor an 

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we 

deny Davis’ motion for sanctions and dismiss Case No. 15-1595

for lack of jurisdiction.

Turning to Davis’ appeal of the district court’s order 

returning his documents, we have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm Case No. 15-1602 for 

the reasons stated by the district court. Davis v. Singer, No. 

4:13-cv-00007-RBS-DEM (E.D. Va. May 7, 2015; June 2, 2015). 

Davis’ motion for sanctions in connection with this appeal is 

also denied. We dispense with oral argument because the facts

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and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

before this court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

No. 15-1595 DISMISSED;

No. 15-1602 AFFIRMED

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