UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-2095
WILLIAM W. THOMAS, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CITY OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA; JOHN DOE #1; JOHN DOE #2; JOHN
DOE #3; JOHN DOE #4; JOHN DOE #5; JOHN DOE #6,
Defendants – Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Glen E. Conrad, Chief
District Judge. (7:10-cv-00553-GEC)
Submitted: February 24, 2012 Decided: March 13, 2012
Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William W. Thomas, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. John Charles Wirth,
NELSON MCPHERSON SUMMERS & SANTOS, Staunton, Virginia, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
William W. Thomas, Jr., seeks to appeal the district
court’s order granting the Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to
dismiss and dismissing the complaint without prejudice. 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, 545-46 (1949).
Because Thomas may proceed with this action in the district
court by amending his complaint to provide specific facts
showing his entitlement to the relief he seeks, see Fed. R. Civ.
P. 8(a), the order he seeks 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 before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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