Tarsha Gerald v. Morgan Minor

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1950 TARSHA GERALD, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. MORGAN MINOR, CPS; CHRISTINA SELF, CPS; JENNY JONES, Chief; EDWARD BERRY, Judge; SOROKI, Officer, Badge CP-68; MCNERNEY, Officer, Badge CP-76; DURRETTE, Officer, LT., CP-10; NASH, Officer, Badge CP-99; BRETT HOLME, Officer, Badge CP-89, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, District Judge. (3:16-cv-00650-HEH) Submitted: October 13, 2016 Decided: October 17, 2016 Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tarsha Gerald, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Tarsha Gerald seeks to appeal the district court’s order transferring her pending civil rights action from the Eastern District of Virginia to the Western District of Virginia under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (2012). 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, 545-46 (1949). The order Gerald seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. E.g., In re Carefirst of Md., Inc., 305 F.3d 253, 256 (4th Cir. 2002). Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2