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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2363

JOSEPHAT MUA,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY/PRINCE 

GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS; VERJEANA M. JACOBS, 

Individually and as Board Chairperson of Prince George’s 

Public Schools; DR. WILLIAM R. HITE, JR., Individually and 

as superintendent; ROGER C. THOMAS, Esquire; SYNTHIA J. 

SHILLING; MONICA GOLDSON, Individually and as Associate 

superintendent of Prince George’s Public Schools; PIERRE 

DICKSON, Individually and as agent of the Board of 

Education of Prince George’s County; DR. KEVIN MAXWELL, 

Individually and as superintendent of Prince George’s 

Public Schools; DR. ALVIN L. CRAWLEY, Individually and as 

superintendent; ROBERT J. GASKIN, Individually and Chief 

Human Resources of Prince George’s Public Schools; DR. 

LILLIAN M. LOWERY; ARDRA O’NEAL; ABBEY HAIRSTON,

 Defendants – Appellees,

and

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL 

EMPLOYEES, AFSCME; ASSOCIATION OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES 

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

(AFSCME), AFSCME LOCAL 2250,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District 

Judge. (8:15-cv-02249-PJM)

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Submitted: June 10, 2016 Decided: June 21, 2016

Before KING, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Josephat Mua, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Josephat Mua seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

dismissing Mua’s case based on Mua’s failure to file an amended 

complaint against the American Federation of State, County, and 

Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and AFSCME Local 2250; dismissing, 

without prejudice, Mua’s claims against the remaining 

Defendants; and granting, in part, Mua’s motion for 

reconsideration. 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 orders Mua seeks to appeal are neither final 

orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. 

Moreover, Mua may challenge the district court’s orders in 

Appeal No. 16-1509. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack 

of jurisdiction. We deny as moot Mua’s motion for leave to file 

an amended initial brief and his motion to consolidate this 

appeal with Appeal No. 16-1509. 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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