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Parties Involved:
Anthony W. Batts
Appellee
Detective Collins
Appellee
Detective Lee
Appellee
Detective McCollen
Appellee
Corporal McEvoy
Appellee
Detective Michael
Appellee
Detective Nacke
Appellee
Bernard L. Staten
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7417

BERNARD L. STATEN,

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

ANTHONY W. BATTS, Baltimore City Police Commissioner; 

CORPORAL MCEVOY, Badge No. 2784; DETECTIVE MICHAEL, Badge 

No. 2873; DETECTIVE COLLINS, Badge No. 3254; DETECTIVE 

NACKE, Badge No. 3322; DETECTIVE LEE, Badge No. 3913; 

DETECTIVE MCCOLLEN, Badge No. 4066,

 Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, Chief District 

Judge. (1:15-cv-00599-CCB)

Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 22, 2015

Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Bernard L. Staten, Appellant Pro Se. Kristen Elissa Hitchner, 

BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Bernard L. Staten seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) 

civil rights 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, 545-47 (1949). Because the deficiencies 

identified by the district court may be remedied by the filing 

of an amended complaint, we conclude that the order Staten seeks 

to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable 

interlocutory or collateral order. Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar 

Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir. 1993).

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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