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Parties Involved:
Thelma L. Hewlett
Appellant
Permanent General Assurance Corporation
Appellee
S&M Auto Service LLC
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2365

THELMA L. HEWLETT,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

PERMANENT GENERAL ASSURANCE CORPORATION; S&M AUTO SERVICE 

LLC,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., 

District Judge. (3:15-cv-00553-JAG)

Submitted: March 8, 2016 Decided: March 18, 2016

Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thelma L. Hewlett, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Thelma L. Hewlett seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order dismissing her civil complaint without prejudice. This 

court 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). The order Hewlett 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 permit Hewlett to amend her 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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