Brandon Roberts v. North Branch Facility, No. 14-7442 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-7442 BRANDON ROBERTS, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. NORTH BRANCH FACILITY; WARDEN BOBBY P. SHEARIN; M.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 Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 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 2

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