UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-6180
DOUGLAS RAYMOND NELSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
and
KATHLENE MAE NELSON,
Plaintiff,
versus
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CA-97-905)
Submitted: July 22, 1998 Decided: August 6, 1998
Before ERVIN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Douglas Raymond Nelson, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Douglas Raymond Nelson appeals from the district court’s order
dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1994 &
Supp. 1998) complaint. The district court dismissed Nelson’s com-
plaint without prejudice for failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P.
8(a)(2). Because a dismissal without prejudice is not generally
appealable, we dismiss the appeal. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar
Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir. 1993). 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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