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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1423

MICHELE BURKE CRADDOCK,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

LECLAIRRYAN, A Professional Corporation,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, Senior 

District Judge. (3:16-cv-00011-REP)

Submitted: July 28, 2016 Decided: August 26, 2016

Before KING, DUNCAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Harris D. Butler, Paul Mark Falabella, BUTLER ROYALS, PLC, 

Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. John Michael Bredehoft, 

KAUFMAN & CANOLES, PC, Norfolk, Virginia; Randy Carl Sparks, 

Jr., KAUFMAN & CANOLES, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Michelle Burke Craddock seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order directing arbitration in her Title VII 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). Upon review of the district court’s order, we 

conclude that the order stayed the district court proceedings 

pending arbitration of Craddock’s Title VII action. 

Consequently, the order is neither a final order nor an 

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See 9 U.S.C. 

§ 16(b)(1), (2) (2012). 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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