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60 F.3d 822NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
Richard Lester HOWELL, Jr., On Behalf of Black, Hispanic,and White Inmates of the Halifax County Jail fromNovember 26, 1993 to March 30, 1994,Plaintiff-Appellant,v.EUGENE SHORT, Sheriff, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 95-6401.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted May 18, 1995.Decided June 29, 1995.

Richard Lester Howell, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
W.D.Va.
DISMISSED.
Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:

1
Appellant appeals from the district court's order dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 (1988) complaint.  The district court's dismissal without prejudice is not appealable.  See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers' Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir.1993).  A dismissal without prejudice could be final if "no amendment [to the complaint] could cure defects in the plaintiff's case."  Id. at 1067.  In ascertaining whether a dismissal without prejudice is reviewable in this court, the court must determine "whether the plaintiff could save his action by merely amending the complaint."  Id. at 1066-67.

2
Because Appellant possibly could have saved his action by amending his complaint, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because we find the order is not appealable.  We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED