Walter Godbey v. Hubert Simmons, No. 13-6695 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-6695 WALTER THOMAS GODBEY, Plaintiff Appellant, v. HUBERT SIMMONS, Detective, Correctional Officer; PAUL J. MASTERSON, Defendants Appellees, and FEDERAL BUREAU DEPARTMENT, OF PRISONS; PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY POLICE Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior District Judge. (1:11-cv-00704-TSE-TCB) Submitted: June 13, 2013 Decided: June 18, 2013 Before NIEMEYER, KING, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Walter Thomas Godbey, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Walter Thomas Godbey seeks to appeal the district court s order denying his motion to reconsider the court s prior order partially dismissing his civil rights action. This court may 28 exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). v. The order Godbey 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 Accordingly, we We dispense with legal contentions are before this and court argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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