George Evans v. Guilford County Detention

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-00499-NCT-JEP Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999662716]. Mailed to: Evans. [14-2174]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2174

GEORGE REYNOLD EVANS,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
GUILFORD COUNTY DETENTION CENTER; B. J. BARNES; SGT.
LANIER; OFFICER MANGUM; GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
N. Carlton Tilley,
Jr., Senior District Judge. (1:13-cv-00499-NCT-JEP)

Submitted:

August 18, 2015

Decided:

September 18, 2015

Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George Reynold Evans, Appellant Pro Se. Matthew Livingston
Mason, GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North
Carolina; John Mark Payne, COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
George Reynold Evans seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s
report and recommendation in this action filed under 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 (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.

545-46 (1949).

Beneficial

Indus.

Loan

Corp.,

337

U.S.

541,

The order Evans seeks to appeal is neither a

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. *
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
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DISMISSED

*

According to the district court’s docket sheet, Evans has
filed
objections
to
the
magistrate
judge’s
report
and
recommendation.
However, the district court has not yet ruled
on the ojections or issued a final order.

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