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USCA11 Case: 23-12725   Document: 6-1     Date Filed: 09/20/2023   Page: 1 of 3

                                                 [DO NOT PUBLISH]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

                         ____________________

                              No. 23-12725
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

      ORLANDO JEFFERSON,
                                                    Plaintiﬀ-Appellant,
      versus
      SHERRY BOSTON,
      DOUG WILLIAMS,
      KAREN SHEPARD,

                                                Defendants-Appellees,

      RICHARD W. MERRITT,
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      2                      Opinion of the Court                 23-12725

                                                                Defendant.

                           ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Northern District of Georgia
                    D.C. Docket No. 1:23-cv-02692-VMC
                          ____________________

       Before ROSENBAUM, JILL PRYOR, and GRANT, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
             This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic-
      tion. Orlando Jefferson, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals
      from the magistrate judge’s order and final report and recommen-
      dation (“R&R”) recommending dismissal of his complaint and re-
      moving Richard W. Merritt from the case because he was not
      named in Jefferson’s amended complaint. At the time of Jefferson’s
      appeal, deemed filed on August 2, 2023, the district court had not
      yet adopted the R&R, and thus, we lack jurisdiction to review it.
      See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Jeffries v. United States, 748 F.3d 1310,
      1314 (11th Cir. 2014); Perez-Priego v. Alachua Cnty. Clerk of Ct., 148
      F.3d 1272, 1273 (11th Cir. 1998). We similarly lack jurisdiction to
      review the magistrate judge’s order terminating Merritt as a de-
      fendant because Jefferson did not challenge that ruling in the dis-
      trict court. See United States v. Schultz, 565 F.3d 1353, 1359 (11th
      Cir. 2009).
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             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.