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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UNPUBLISHED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. 24-2123

THEODORE JUSTICE, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DENICE NELSON, Income Case Worker II; TRAVIS KNIGHT, Income 

Maintenance Investigator; PAM POLAK, Income Maintenance Supervisor II,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at 

Raleigh. Richard E. Myers, II, Chief District Judge. (5:22-cv-00350-M-RN)

Submitted: December 19, 2024 Decided: December 27, 2024

Before KING and BERNER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Theodore Justice, Appellant Pro Se. Erin Holcomb Epley, WOMBLE BOND 

DICKINSON (US) LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Theodore Justice seeks to appeal the district court’s order affirming the magistrate 

judge’s denial of Justice’s motions for a protective order and assignment of counsel, as 

well as the district court’s order denying his motion for permission to file electronically. 

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain 

interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. 

Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The orders Justice seeks to 

appeal are neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. 

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of subject matter 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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