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Parties Involved:
Granville County Board of Commissioners
Appellee
Theodore Justice
Appellant
North Carolina Department Health and Human Services Secretary
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-1044

THEODORE JUSTICE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

SECRETARY; GRANVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at 

Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief District Judge. (5:18-cv-00187-BO)

Submitted: May 21, 2020 Decided: May 26, 2020

Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Theodore Justice, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Theodore Justice seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motions for 

appointment of counsel and to participate in electronic case filing. This court may exercise 

jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2018), and certain interlocutory and 

collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2018); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. 

Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Justice seeks to appeal is neither a 

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we grant the 

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service’s motion to 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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