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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UNPUBLISHED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. 08-6178

GREGORY RICE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

STATE OF MARYLAND; GREGORY ALTON, Washington County Sheriff’s

Department; TARA BENDER, Washington County Sheriff’s Department;

DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY; CIRCUIT COURT;

STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Roger W. Titus, District Judge. (8:07-cv03294-RWT)

Submitted: March 27, 2008 Decided: April 4, 2008

Before TRAXLER and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gregory Rice, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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*Generally, dismissals without prejudice are interlocutory and

not appealable. Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union

392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066 (4th Cir. 1993). However, a dismissal

without prejudice could be final if no amendment to the complaint

could cure the defect in the plaintiff’s case. Id. at 1066-67. We

conclude that the defects in this case can only be cured by

something more than an amendment to the complaint and that the

order is therefore appealable.

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PER CURIAM:

Gregory Rice appeals the district court’s order

dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000)

complaint.* We have reviewed the record and find no reversible

error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the

district court. Rice v. Maryland, No. 8:07-cv-03294-RWT (D. Md.

Jan. 3, 2008). We dispense with oral argument because the facts

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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