Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-01 21:01:08.065879+00
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                                           UNPUBLISHED

                             UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                 FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                             No. 23-6028

        ALUCIOUS WILLIAMS, JR.,

                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        CAPTAIN    GILBERT;    CORRECTIONAL       OFFICER   OSBORN;
        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER J. CLIFTON; SERGEANT L. HALL; T.O. HESS;
        UNIT MANAGER AMY DUNCAN; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER C. HALL;
        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER JOHNSON; LIEUTENANT FLEMMING; RED
        ONION STATE PRISON; COUNSELOR B. GIBSON; 2 UNKNOWN OFFICERS;
        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER B. MULLINS; SERGEANT TAYLOR; SERGEANT
        G. RIDINGS; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER NEELY; T.O. GARDNER;
        LIEUTENANT    WOODS;    CORRECTIONAL      OFFICER  STANLEY;
        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER JONES; UNIT MANAGER ERIC MILLER;
        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER PHILIPS; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ROSE;
        LIEUTENANT HALL; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER OH; UNIT MANAGER
        LARRY COLLINS; COUNSELOR B. YOUNG; LIEUTENANT G. ADAMS;
        SERGEANT CLEM; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER BOYD; CORRECTIONAL
        OFFICER CASTLE; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER DEEL; ASSISTANT
        WARDEN FULLER; SERGEANT HILL; FIVE UNKNOWN OFFICERS;
        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ALLEN; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF
        CORRECTIONS; UNIT MANAGER GIBSON; COUNSELOR D. YOUNG; UNIT
        MANAGER DAY; COUNSELOR MULLINS; HEARINGS OFFICER COUNTS,

                           Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
        Roanoke. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (7:21-cv-00222-EKD-JCH)

        Submitted: August 29, 2023                                 Decided: August 31, 2023
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        Before KING, AGEE, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Alucious Williams, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Alucious Williams, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s August 8, 2022, order

        dismissing his amended 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to prosecute.               On

        November 21, 2022, the district court granted Williams’ motion for reconsideration of its

        August 8 order and reopened the case, before ultimately dismissing the action that same

        day. Williams noted the instant appeal on November 15, see Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S.

        266 (1998) (establishing prison mailbox rule), and he did not seek to amend the notice after

        the court’s final dismissal order.

               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). The order Williams seeks

        to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order, as the

        district court granted Williams’ motion for reconsideration of the order and reopened the

        case. 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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