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Parties Involved:
Attorney General of the United States
Appellee
Patrick O. Christian
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1855

PATRICK CHRISTIAN,

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES,

 Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, District 

Judge. (3:16-cv-00609-HEH)

Submitted: November 17, 2016 Decided: November 21, 2016

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

Judges.

Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Patrick O. Christian, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Patrick O. Christian seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing his civil complaint without prejudice. We may 

exercise jurisdiction only over final orders of the district 

court, 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). We conclude that the order Christian seeks to 

appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory 

or collateral order. See Goode v. Central Va. Legal Aid, 807 

F.3d 619 (4th Cir. 2015).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of 

jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with 

instructions to allow Christian to reinstate his case and file 

an amended complaint. 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 AND REMANDED

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