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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UNPUBLISHED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. 24-1985

MATTHEW JONES,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MARYLAND STATE POLICE; SALISBURY MARYLAND POLICE; 

BALTIMORE MARYLAND POLICE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. 

Julie R. Rubin, District Judge. (1:23-cv-03311-JRR)

Submitted: December 5, 2024 Decided: December 9, 2024

Before GREGORY and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Matthew Jones, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Matthew Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying a defendant’s 

motion to dismiss his complaint for failure to state a claim and granting Jones 28 days to 

file an amended complaint. 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 

order Jones 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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