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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UNPUBLISHED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. 14-7525

KARIM ABDUL AKBAR,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

P.E.R.T. OFFICERS,

Defendant – Appellee,

and

JOYCE KORNEGAY, Commander; MR. MOBELY, Assistant 

Superintendent of Programs; JOHNNY HAWKINS, Assistant 

Superintendent of Custody,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (5:12-ct-03233-FL)

Submitted: January 15, 2015 Decided: January 21, 2015

Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Karim Abdul Akbar, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly D. Grande, NORTH 

CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for 

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Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Karim Abdul Akbar seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order directing the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) 

action to respond to his amended motion for discovery and 

holding in abeyance the motions for discovery. 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 Akbar 

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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