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Date Created: 2023-06-08 21:01:04.473697+00
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                                              UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                                No. 22-1824

        PAUL TRUETT CANADY, II, Administrator for the Estate of Jimmie Andrew
        Underwood, a/k/a James Blackmon, a/k/a James Blackman, a/k/a Jimmy Lee
        Hooker,

                    Plaintiff – Appellant,

               v.

        JAMES HOLDER, in his individual capacity; ANDREW MUNDAY, in his
        individual capacity; CITY OF RALEIGH,

                     Defendants – Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
        Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:20-cv-00524-FL)

        Argued: March 9, 2023                                                 Decided: June 7, 2023

        Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ARGUED: David S. Rudolf, PFEIFFER RUDOLF, Charlotte, North Carolina, for
        Appellant. Jason Robert Benton, PARKER, POE, ADAMS & BERNSTEIN LLP,
        Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Sonya Pfeiffer, Joseph P.
        Lattimore, RUDOLF WIDENHOUSE, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Daniel
        E. Peterson, PARKER, POE, ADAMS & BERNSTEIN LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina,
        for Appellee James Holder. Rachel E. Keen, Sonny S. Haynes, WOMBLE BOND
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        DICKINSON (US) LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee Andrew Munday.
        Norwood Pitt Blanchard, III, CROSSLEY MCINTOSH COLLIER HANLEY & EDES
        PLLC, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellee City of Raleigh.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

              James Blackmon filed an action against James Holder, Andrew Munday, and the

        City of Raleigh, bringing constitutional and state-law claims. The district court dismissed

        some of the claims, and then Blackmon voluntarily dismissed the remaining claims and

        appealed. We now dismiss the appeal because his voluntary dismissal of certain claims

        without prejudice created a non-final and non-appealable split judgment over which this

        Court lacks jurisdiction. See Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, 582 U.S. 23, 27 (2017); Waugh

        Chapel S., LLC v. United Food & Com. Workers Unions Loc. 27, 728 F.3d 354, 359 (4th

        Cir. 2013); Poly-Med Inc. v. Novus Sci. PTE Ltd., 773 F. App’x 727, 727 (4th Cir. 2019).

        We remand for such further proceedings, if any, as appropriate.

                                                                  DISMISSED AND REMANDED

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