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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-6388

        MALCOLM MUHAMMAD,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        MS. ALLEN, Medical Regional Administrator,

                            Defendant - Appellee,

        I. T. GILMORE, Warden; J. ADAMS, Unit Manager; ASSISTANT WARDEN
        WHITE; MAJOR RUFFIN; E. WITT, Grievance Coordinator; JOHN O’DONALD,

                            Defendants.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Richmond. M. Hannah Lauck, District Judge. (3:22-cv-00773-MHL-MRC)

        Submitted: March 7, 2024                                          Decided: March 20, 2024

        Before AGEE, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Malcolm Muhammad, Appellant Pro Se. Taylor Denslow Brewer, MORAN REEVES &
        CONN, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Ms. Allen.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Malcolm Muhammad seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting summary

        judgment to a defendant in his civil action. 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). “‘[S]o long as the

        matter remains open, unfinished or inconclusive, there may be no intrusion by appeal.’”

        Britt v. DeJoy, 45 F.4th 790, 792 (4th Cir. 2022) (en banc) (published order).

               The order that Muhammad seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable

        interlocutory or collateral order. Specifically, our review of the record reveals that the

        district court has not adjudicated the claims against all defendants, and the matter is still

        pending. 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

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