Brandon Roberts v. North Branch Facility

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-03765-ELH Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999555906]. Mailed to: Brandon Roberts. [14-7442]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7442

BRANDON ROBERTS,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
NORTH BRANCH FACILITY; WARDEN BOBBY P. SHEARIN; M.
YACENECH, Acting Chief of Security; KEITH K. ARNOLD, Chief
of Security,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge.
(1:13-cv-03765-ELH)

Submitted:

March 20, 2015

Decided:

March 31, 2015

Before SHEDD, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brandon Roberts, Appellant Pro Se. Nichole Cherie Gatewood,
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Brandon Roberts seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion for discovery in this action filed under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 (2012).
over

final

This court may exercise jurisdiction only

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).
is

neither

a

final

order

The order Roberts seeks to appeal

nor

an

appealable

interlocutory

or

collateral order.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack

of jurisdiction.

We dispense with oral argument because the

facts

and

materials

legal
before

contentions

are

adequately

this

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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