Hugh Epps v. Robert Wagner

Filing 920090601

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6442

HUGH ROYAL EPPS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ROBERT WAGNER, Attorney, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 09-6445

HUGH ROYAL EPPS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. GERALD THOMAS ZERKIN, Attorney, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief District Judge. (3:08-cv-00808-JRS; 3:08-cv-00807-JRS)

Submitted:

May 21, 2009

Decided:

June 1, 2009

Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Hugh Royal Epps, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: In district these consolidated appeals, his Hugh Epps appeals without

court

orders

dismissing

complaints

prejudice for failing to file in a timely manner a short plain statement of jurisdiction. Epps was free to amend the

complaints to cure the defects.

A dismissal without prejudice

is not reviewable by this court unless the reasons stated for the dismissal clearly disclose that no amendment to the

complaint could cure its defects.

See Domino Sugar Corp. v.

Sugar Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 66-67 (4th Cir. 1993). dismiss Because Epps could cure the defect in each complaint, we the appeals. Id. 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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