Case Name: Wayne Elliott WILKERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank PERRY, Secretary of Public Safety, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-09-11
Citations: 697 F. App'x 189
Docket Number: No. 16-6781
Parties: Wayne Elliott WILKERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank PERRY, Secretary of Public Safety, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 697
Pages: 189–189

Head Matter:
Wayne Elliott WILKERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank PERRY, Secretary of Public Safety, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 16-6781
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: February 17, 2017
Decided: September 11, 2017
Wayne Elliott Wilkerson, Appellant Pro Se.
Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Wayne Elliot Wilkerson seeks to appeal the district court's order adopting the magistrate judge's recommendation and dismissing Wilkerson's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition 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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). Because it is possible that Wilkerson could cure the defects in his petition through amendment, the order he seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc'y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619, 623-25 (4th Cir. 2015). 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