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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-6936

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

                      v.

        JOHN SAMUEL LEIGH, a/k/a J. R., a/k/a J.D.,

                             Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Martinsburg. Gina M. Groh, District Judge. (3:00-cr-00057-GMG-RWT-25)

        Submitted: April 18, 2024                                           Decided: April 19, 2024

        Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        John Samuel Leigh, Appellant Pro Se. Sarah Wagner, Assistant United States Attorney,
        OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Clarksburg, West Virginia, for
        Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               John Samuel Leigh seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion

        seeking a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B), (c)(2) and § 404(b) of the

        First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194. This court may exercise

        jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and

        collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan

        Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). “Ordinarily, a district court order is not final until it

        has resolved all claims as to all parties.” Porter v. Zook, 803 F.3d 694, 696 (4th Cir. 2015)

        (internal quotation marks omitted).

               Our review of the record reveals that the district court did not adjudicate all of the

        claims raised in the motion. Id. at 696-97. Specifically, the court failed to address Leigh’s

        arguments for a sentence reduction under § 3582(c)(1)(B) and § 404(b) of the First Step

        Act. We conclude that the order Leigh seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an

        appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack

        of jurisdiction and remand to the district court for consideration of the unresolved claim.

        Id. at 699.

               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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