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Parties Involved:
Officer Hall
Appellee
Officer Johnson
Appellee
Avery Dale Owensby
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6348

AVERY DALE OWENSBY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

OFFICER JOHNSON, Road Squad Crew Chief; OFFICER HALL, Road 

Squad Transportation,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

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

District Judge. (5:15-ct-03221-FL)

Submitted: May 18, 2016 Decided: May 23, 2016

Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Avery Dale Owensby, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Avery Dale Owensby seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

dismissing his civil action 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). Because Owensby may be 

able to remedy the pleading deficiencies identified by the district 

court by filing an amended complaint, we conclude that the order 

Owensby seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable 

interlocutory or collateral order. Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid 

Soc’y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619, 623-24 (4th Cir. 2015); 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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