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Parties Involved:
Department of Corrections
Appellee
Kenneth H. Newkirk
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7097

KENNETH NEWKIRK,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Director,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. Roderick Charles Young, 

Magistrate Judge. (3:16-cv-00265-HEH-RCY)

Submitted: November 17, 2016 Decided: November 22, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth H. Newkirk, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Kenneth Newkirk seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order 

directing Newkirk to pay the filing fee or explain why he cannot 

and denying a host of motions without prejudice. 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 Newkirk seeks 

to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory 

or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis 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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