UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6657
PATRICK CHRISTIAN,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH STATE OF VIRGINIA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Senior
District Judge. (3:15-cv-00205-JRS)
Submitted: August 27, 2015 Decided: September 1, 2015
Before GREGORY, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Patrick Christian, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Patrick Christian seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing without prejudice his civil complaint under 28
U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), (ii) (2012) for failure to state a
claim upon which relief may be granted and because the complaint
was otherwise frivolous. This court may exercise jurisdiction
only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain
interlocutory and collateral orders. 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012);
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541, 545-47 (1949). “Dismissals without prejudice are
generally not appealable final orders.” In re GNC Corp., 789
F.3d 505, 511 n.3 (4th Cir. 2015). Because the deficiencies
identified by the district court may be remedied by the filing
of an amended complaint, we conclude that the order Christian
seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable
interlocutory or collateral order. Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar
Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir. 1993).
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
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before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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