Case Name: Sophronia C. PETTIFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTERN SAVINGS BANK, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-21
Citations: 676 F. App'x 221
Docket Number: No. 16-2178
Parties: Sophronia C. PETTIFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTERN SAVINGS BANK, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 676
Pages: 221–222

Head Matter:
Sophronia C. PETTIFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTERN SAVINGS BANK, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 16-2178
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: February 16, 2017
Decided: February 21, 2017
Sophronia C. Pettiford, Appellant Pro Se.
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Sophronia C. Pettiford seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing her civil complaint without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). Because it is possible that Pettiford could cure the defects in her complaint through amendment, the order she seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc'y, 807 F.3d 619, 623-25, 628-30 (4th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with instructions to allow Pettiford to file an amended 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