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USCA11 Case: 23-12861   Document: 11-1    Date Filed: 01/19/2024   Page: 1 of 3

                                                [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                 In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                         ____________________

                              No. 23-12861
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

       JOSEPH WAYNE ALLEN,
                                                   Plaintiﬀ-Appellant,
       versus
       FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
       MS. WILLIAMS,
       ARPN,
       ROLAND WILKERSON,
       TYRONE ASKEW,

                                                Defendants-Appellees,
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       2                      Opinion of the Court                  23-12861

       SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et
       al.,

                                                                 Defendants.

                            ____________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Florida
                    D.C. Docket No. 4:22-cv-00148-WS-MJF
                           ____________________

       Before ROSENBAUM, NEWSOM, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
               This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic-
       tion. Joseph Allen appeals from the district court’s August 8, 2023
       order dismissing his claim against defendant Williams. That order
       is not final and appealable, however, because it did not end the lit-
       igation on the merits in the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Ach-
       eron Cap., Ltd. v. Mukamal, 22 F.4th 979, 986 (11th Cir. 2022) (stating
       that a final order ends the litigation on the merits and leaves noth-
       ing for the court to do but execute its judgment).
              Allen’s claims against defendants Askew and Wilkerson re-
       main pending before the district court, and the district court did
       not certify its order for immediate review under Federal Rule of
       Civil Procedure 54(b). See Supreme Fuels Trading FZE v. Sargeant,
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       689 F.3d 1244, 1246 (11th Cir. 2012) (noting that an order that dis-
       poses of fewer than all claims against all parties to an action is not
       immediately appealable absent certification pursuant to Rule
       54(b)). Additionally, the district court’s August 8, 2023 order is not
       effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final order resolving the
       case on the merits. Plaintiff A v. Schair, 744 F.3d 1247, 1252-53 (11th
       Cir. 2014) (explaining that a ruling that does not conclude the liti-
       gation may be appealed under the collateral order doctrine if it, in-
       ter alia, is “effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judg-
       ment”).
              No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies
       with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all
       other applicable rules.