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Parties Involved:
Umadean Hatch
Appellant
North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6213

UMADEAN HATCH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

NCCIW,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, 

District Judge. (1:14-cv-00791-CCE-JEP)

Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 21, 2015

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

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Umadean Hatch, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Umadean Hatch seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss 

without prejudice her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint against 

the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. 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 the pleading deficiencies identified by the district 

court may be remedied by the filing of an amended complaint, we 

conclude that the order Hatch 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, 1067 (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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