Lockley v. Orn

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT CLARENCE RAYMOND LOCKLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 00-6393 ROBERT ORN, Correctional Officer; G. JETT, Mail Room Clerk; GEORGE M. HINKLE, Warden, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca B. Smith, District Judge. (CA-99-1355-2) Submitted: May 11, 2000 Decided: May 23, 2000 Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. _________________________________________________________________ Dismissed in part and affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL Clarence Raymond Lockley, Appellant Pro Se. _________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). OPINION PER CURIAM: Clarence Raymond Lockley appeals from the district court's orders dismissing without prejudice his complaint alleging civil rights viola- tions under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 1999) and denying his motion for a hearing and for reconsideration. The court dismissed Lockley's complaint based on his failure to comply with its prior order directing him to submit proof that he had exhausted his admin- istrative remedies. In his unsworn motion for a hearing and for recon- sideration, Lockley claimed that he did comply with the court's order by delivering the required information to prison officials for mailing. In denying the motion for reconsideration and for a hearing, the dis- trict court found that proof of exhaustion had not been received by the court. Because Lockley may proceed with this action by amending his complaint to provide the information requested by the court, his appeal of the order of dismissal is interlocutory and not subject to appellate review. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir. 1993). We therefore dis- miss that aspect of his appeal. We have reviewed the court's order denying Lockley's motion for a hearing and for reconsideration and find no reversible error and no abuse of discretion. We therefore affirm that order. 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 IN PART; AFFIRMED IN PART 2