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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6643

CHRISTOPHER WEST, a/k/a Christopher Gearl West,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DIRECTOR WILLIAM R. BYARS, JR., in his individual and 

official capacity as corrections employees SC; WARDEN 

CECILIA REYNOLDS, in her individual and official capacity 

as corrections employees SC; ASSOCIATE WARDEN JERRY 

WASHINGTON, in his individual and official capacity as 

corrections employees SC; MAJOR DARREN SEAWARD, in his 

individual and official capacity as corrections employees 

SC; CAPTAIN DANIEL DUBOSE, in his individual and official 

capacity as corrections employees SC; SERGEANT BAKER, in 

his individual and official capacity as corrections 

employees SC; OFFICER CHRIS HUNT, in his individual and 

official capacity as corrections employees SC; OFFICER 

ROBERT BIGHAM, in his individual and official capacity as 

corrections employees SC; INST. INVESTIGATOR SYLVESTA 

ROBINSON, in his individual and official capacity as 

corrections employees SC; NURSE LUANNE MUNGO, in his 

individual and official capacatiy as corrections employees 

SC; ROBERT BRYAN, in his individual and official capacity 

as corrections employees SC,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Orangeburg. David C. Norton, District Judge. 

(5:13-cv-01849-DCN)

Submitted: June 17, 2016 Decided: July 14, 2016

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Before SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christopher West, Appellant Pro Se. Brandon Paul Jones, Daniel 

Roy Settana, Jr., MCKAY, CAUTHEN, SETTANA & STUBLEY, PA, 

Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Christopher West seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order, accepting in part and rejecting in part the magistrate 

judge’s recommendation, and granting in part and denying in part 

the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment in West’s 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 (2012) 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 West seeks to appeal is 

neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or 

collateral order. Accordingly, we 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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