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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UNPUBLISHED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. 19-2218

JAMES JOSEPH OWENS-EL,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

STATE OF MARYLAND; OFFICER K. DALES, (#0334) Maryland Transit 

Administration Policeman, in his individual and official capacity; SERGEANT B. 

WHITE, (#0177) Maryland Transit Administration Policeman, in his individual and 

official capacities; JEFFREY A. MILLER, Attorney at Law, in his individual and 

official capacities; HOWARD SMITH, Claims Adjuster Transit Insurance Group; in 

his individual and official capacities; LISA GREEN, Claims Adjuster, Transit 

Insurance Group,

Defendants.

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

Stephanie A. Gallagher, District Judge. (1:19-cv-01248-SAG)

Submitted: February 18, 2020 Decided: February 20, 2020

Before MOTZ, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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James Joseph Owens-El, Appellant Pro Se. Ronald McGlenn Cherry, BONNER 

KIERNAN TREBACH & CROCIATA LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

James Joseph Owens-El seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his 

“emergency motion seeking entervention” [sic]. This court may exercise jurisdiction only 

over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2018), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 

28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2018); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 

337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Owens-El seeks to appeal is neither a final order 

nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed 

in forma pauperis and 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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