Stephanie Shackleford v. Riverside Regional Medical Center

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 11-2246 STEPHANIE SHACKLEFORD; JAVIER DIAZ-BEY, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. RIVERSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News. Raymond A. Jackson, District Judge. (4:11-cv-00127-RAJ-TEM) Submitted: February 16, 2012 Decided: February 21, 2012 Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Stephanie Shackleford, Javier Diaz-Bey, Appellants Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Stephanie Shackleford and Javier Diaz-Bey seek to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice their complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) (2006). This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-47 (1949). Because the deficiency identified by the district court—that the complaint did not assert sufficient allegations in support of its legal conclusions—may be remedied by the filing of a complaint that articulates adequate allegations, we conclude that the order Shackleford and Diaz-Bey seek to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See 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 2 before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 3