Emma Howard v. Vance County Sheriff Dept., No. 15-2100 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-2100 EMMA VICTORIA JOHNSON HOWARD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.; W. B. LILLEY, Sergeant of the Vance County Sheriff's Dept., Individually and in his officially capacity; VANCE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT; RAYMOND EARL DICKERSON, d/b/a T.L. Perkinson Wrecker Service, Defendants – Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:15-cv-00110-FL) Submitted: November 19, 2015 Decided: December 7, 2015 Before MOTZ, DUNCAN, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Emma Victoria Howard, Appellant Pro Se. WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC, Carolina, for Appellees. Sonny Sade Haynes, Winston-Salem, North Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Emma Victoria Johnson Howard seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss Howard’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action in part and to allow certain claims to proceed. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final 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). to appeal is neither a final interlocutory or collateral order. appeal for lack of jurisdiction. order The order Howard seeks nor an appealable Accordingly, we dismiss the 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 2

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