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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-6166

        THOMAS LEE FARMER,

                             Petitioner - Appellant,

                      v.

        R. M. WOLFE, Warden,

                             Respondent - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:21-cv-00147-JPB-JPM)

        Submitted: February 13, 2023                                      Decided: March 31, 2023

        Before THACKER, HARRIS, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Thomas Lee Farmer, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Thomas Lee Farmer seeks to appeal the district court’s orders dismissing his 28

        U.S.C. § 2241 petition and denying reconsideration. 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 § 2241 petition. Id. at 696-97. Specifically, the court did not address

        Farmer’s challenges to the validity of his 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction and his 18 U.S.C.

        § 924(e) sentence enhancement. We conclude that the orders Farmer seeks to appeal are

        neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. Accordingly, we

        dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand to the district court for consideration

        of the unresolved claims. 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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