UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-1855
PATRICK CHRISTIAN,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:16-cv-00609-HEH)
Submitted: November 17, 2016 Decided: November 21, 2016
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit
Judges.
Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Patrick O. Christian, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Patrick O. Christian seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing his civil complaint without prejudice. We may
exercise jurisdiction only over final orders of the district
court, 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,
545-46 (1949). We conclude that the order Christian seeks to
appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory
or collateral order. See Goode v. Central Va. Legal Aid, 807
F.3d 619 (4th Cir. 2015).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with
instructions to allow Christian to reinstate his case and file
an amended complaint. 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 AND REMANDED
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