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                                                [DO NOT PUBLISH]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

                         ____________________

                              No. 23-11093
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

       ALLEN OKECHUKWU CAUDLE,
                                                   Plaintiﬀ-Appellant,
       versus
       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
       FULTON COUNTY, STATE OF GEORGIA,
       COBB COUNTY,
       CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS,
       NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY,

                                               Defendants-Appellees,

       CITY OF ALPHARETTA, et al.,
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                                                                 Defendants.

                            ____________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Northern District of Georgia
                     D.C. Docket No. 1:22-cv-04865-SDG
                           ____________________

       Before WILSON, ROSENBAUM, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
             Because Allen Caudle’s notice of appeal does not identify
       any district court order or otherwise indicate what he challenges
       on appeal, we asked the parties to address this jurisdictional issue.
       None of the parties have filed a response to the jurisdictional ques-
       tion.
               Upon our review of the record, we DISMISS this appeal for
       lack of jurisdiction. The district court has not entered a final order
       resolving Caudle’s claims or otherwise ending the litigation on the
       merits. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (providing that our jurisdiction is gen-
       erally limited to final decisions of the district courts); Acheron Cap.,
       Ltd. v. Mukamal, 22 F.4th 979, 986 (11th Cir. 2022). Additionally,
       the interlocutory orders that have been entered in this action—a
       magistrate judge’s orders regarding Caudle’s application for leave
       to proceed in forma pauperis and a standing order regarding civil lit-
       igation—are not immediately appealable. See Plaintiff A v. Schair,
       744 F.3d 1247, 1252-53 (11th Cir. 2014) (explaining that a ruling that
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       does not conclude the litigation may be appealed under the collat-
       eral order doctrine if it, inter alia, is “effectively unreviewable on
       appeal from a final judgment”); United States v. Schultz,
       565 F.3d 1353, 1359 (11th Cir. 2009) (holding that we lack jurisdic-
       tion to hear appeals directly from a magistrate judge’s ruling, and
       an appeal from such a ruling must be taken to the district court).