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Nature of Suit Code: 320
Nature of Suit: Assault, Libel, and Slander
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1412

BRETT C. KIMBERLIN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

NATIONAL BLOGGERS CLUB; ALI AKBAR; PATRICK FREY; ERICK 

ERICKSON; MICHELLE MALKIN; GLENN BECK; AARON J. WALKER; 

WILLIAM HOGE; LEE STRANAHAN; ROBERT STACY MCCAIN; MANDY 

NAGY; BREITBART.COM; THE FRANKLIN CENTER; MERCURY RADIO 

ARTS; THE BLAZE; ACE OF SPADES; REDSTATE; DB CAPITAL 

STRATEGIES; DAN BACKER; TWITCHY; THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

JAMES O’KEEFE; SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC; LYNN THOMAS, a/k/a 

Kimberlinunmasked,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. George Jarrod Hazel, District Judge. 

(8:13-cv-03059-GJH)

Submitted: June 10, 2015 Decided: June 16, 2015

Before WILKINSON and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, 

Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Brett C. Kimberlin, Appellant Pro Se. Theodore Bruce Godfrey, 

JEZIC, KRUM & MOYSE, LLC, Silver Spring, Maryland; Mark I. 

Bailen, BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP, Washington, DC; Michael Francis 

Smith, SMITH APPELLATE LAW FIRM, Washington, DC; Eleanor M. 

Lackman, Scott J. Sholder, COWAN DEBAETS ABRAHAMS & SHEPPARD 

LLP, New York, New York; Ronald D. Coleman, GOETZ FITZPATRICK 

LLP, New York, New York; Linda S. Mericle, LINDA S MERICLE PA, 

Greenbelt, Maryland; Alison B. Schary, DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE, 

LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan Segal, Alonzo B. Wickers, DAVIS 

WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Los Angeles, California; Christina Pauline 

Sirois, DB CAPITOL STRATEGIES PLLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Brett C. Kimberlin seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing some but not all of his claims in his civil 

action. 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 Kimberlin seeks to appeal is neither a 

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral 

order. See Stevenson v. City of Seat Pleasant, 743 F.3d 411,

415-16 (4th Cir. 2014) (citations omitted). Accordingly, we 

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We deny the motion 

for sanctions as moot. 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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