Patrick Christian v. Attorney General of the United

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:16-cv-00609-HEH Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999972021]. Mailed to: P Christian. [16-1855]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1855

PATRICK CHRISTIAN,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:16-cv-00609-HEH)

Submitted:

November 17, 2016

Before GREGORY,
Judges.

Chief

Judge,

Decided:

and

MOTZ

and

November 21, 2016

TRAXLER,

Circuit

Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Patrick O. Christian, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Patrick O. Christian seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing his civil complaint without prejudice.

We may

exercise jurisdiction only over final orders of the district
court, 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,

We conclude that the order Christian seeks to

appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory
or collateral order.

See Goode v. Central Va. Legal Aid, 807

F.3d 619 (4th Cir. 2015).
Accordingly,

we

dismiss

the

appeal

for

lack

of

jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with
instructions to allow Christian to reinstate his case and file
an amended complaint.

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 AND REMANDED

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