David Ruby v. Mykal Ryan, No. 14-2140 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-2140 DAVID R. RUBY, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. HELEN E. RYAN, MYKAL S. RYAN, Defendants – Appellants, and JUDY ROBBINS, U.S. TRUSTEE, Trustee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News. Mark S. Davis, District Judge. (4:14-cv-00108-MSD-TEM) Submitted: February 25, 2015 Decided: March 3, 2015 Before NIEMEYER, KING, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Helen E. Ryan, Mykal S. Ryan, Appellants Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Helen E. Ryan and Mykal S. Ryan seek to appeal the district court’s order directing them to show cause why their appeal from the bankruptcy court’s failure to prosecute. over final orders should not be dismissed for 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 the Ryans seek 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 2

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