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Case: 23-30689            Document: 50-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/19/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit                                    United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                   ____________                                 FILED
                                                                            April 19, 2024
                                    No. 23-30689                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                   ____________                                 Clerk

Whitney Brock,

                                                                  Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                          versus

Walden University, L.L.C.; Walden University,

                                            Defendants—Appellees.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Western District of Louisiana
                             USDC No. 5:22-CV-125
                   ______________________________

Before Jolly, Engelhardt, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
       Whitney Brock filed this discrimination lawsuit against Walden
University for its alleged failure to help her secure a degree-related
internship, which was required for her social work graduate degree. As the
litigation progressed, the district court dismissed part of Brock’s lawsuit and
denied several of her motions. Brock now appeals those orders.                             We
DISMISS this appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-30689        Document: 50-1       Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/19/2024

                                 No. 23-30689

         Federal appellate courts have jurisdiction over appeals from final
judgments under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. A few, narrow exceptions, however,
permit interlocutory appeals from nonfinal orders in limited circumstances.
Dardar v. Lafourche Realty Co., 849 F.2d 955, 957 (5th Cir. 1988). To be sure,
however, appellate courts must dismiss interlocutory appeals that lack such
exceptional jurisdiction. Allen v. Okam Holdings, Inc., 116 F.3d 153, 154 (5th
Cir. 1997).
         Here, Brock appeals nonfinal orders for which the district court did
not enter a final judgment. Nor did the district court certify any of these
orders for appeal. Nor does any other exception permit this appeal. Dardar,
849 at 957. Consequently, we lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal, and it is
dismissed. Borne v. A&P Boat Rentals No. 4, Inc., 755 F.2d 1131, 1133 (5th Cir.
1985).
                                                              DISMISSED.

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