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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1298

WILLIAM SCOTT DAVIS, JR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE; SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; WAKE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; TOWN OF CARY NORTH CAROLINA,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Newport News. Rebecca Beach Smith, 

Chief District Judge. (4:13-cv-00058-RBS-DEM)

Submitted: June 21, 2016 Decided: June 23, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William Scott Davis, II, Appellant Pro Se. George Maralan 

Kelley, III, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, 

Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

William Scott Davis, Jr., seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order denying his motions for recusal, motions for 

relief from judgment, and requests for permission to file 

additional motions. 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 Davis seeks to appeal is 

neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or 

collateral order. Accordingly, we deny Davis’ motions to 

appoint counsel and to supplement the record, 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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