Robert Cooper v. Roderick Sowers

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-03872-JFM. Copies to all parties and the district court. [999873538]. Mailed to: Robert Cooper. [15-7579]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7579

ROBERT COOPER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
RODERICK R. SOWERS; J. MICHAEL STOUFFER, Commissioner of
Correction; BOBBY P. SHEARIN, Warden of North Branch Corr.
Inst.; G. B. MCALPINE; N. A. KLINK; J. L. HARBAUGH; KEVIN L.
LAMP, The Chaplain’s Office; PARRISH KAMMULF, Dietary
Manager; MICHAEL GUTILLO; C. GILPIN; J. PAYNE; V. WHITEMANS;
J. T. ZAIS; OFFICER BAUER; C. P. ROBINSON; JAMES SMITH; D.
L. SMITH; JOHN/JANE DOES; KATHY JACOBS; MARY JO ROSE; P. H.
PENNINGTON; FRANK B. BISHOP, JR., Warden of Western
Correctional Institution; RANDY WATSON, Deputy Commissioner;
E. LAMBERT; R. STOTLER; D. BEACHY; W. L. LEYDIG; RICHARD J.
GRAHAM, JR.; JOHN/JANE DOE, a/k/a Stephanie Coates; L.
MOULDIN,
a/k/a
Moulden;
RANDY
ADKINS;
T.
YUTZY;
D.
BITTINGER; D. BROADWATER; OFFICER GOLDEN, a/k/a Gonoas;
ROBERT MANUEL; R. DOLLY; V. WARNICK, a/k/a Warnyck,
Psychology Dept.; BRUCE LILLER, Psychology Dept.; MR. BANKS,
Psychology Dept.; MS. HART; RONALD S. WEBER; J. SELLERS;
KEITH ARNOLD; M. CADY,
Defendants – Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
J. Frederick Motz, Senior District
Judge. (1:13-cv-03872-JFM)

Submitted:

March 31, 2016

Before SHEDD and
Circuit Judge.

HARRIS,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

June 29, 2016

DAVIS,

Senior

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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert Cooper, Appellant Pro Se.
Stephanie Judith Lane-Weber,
Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert Cooper seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying

in

part

and

granting

in

part

Defendants’

motion

summary judgment and dismissing some of Cooper’s claims.
court

may

exercise

jurisdiction

only

over

final

for
This

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 Cooper seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an
appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

and

materials

legal
before

Accordingly, we
We dispense with
contentions
this

court

are
and

argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED

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