Umadean Hatch v. NCCIW, No. 15-6213 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-6213 UMADEAN HATCH, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NCCIW, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:14-cv-00791-CCE-JEP) Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 21, 2015 Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Umadean Hatch, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Umadean Hatch seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss without prejudice her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint against the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. court may exercise jurisdiction only over final This 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 Because Indus. the Loan pleading Corp., 337 deficiencies U.S. 541, identified 545-46 by the (1949). district court may be remedied by the filing of an amended complaint, we conclude that the order Hatch seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers’ Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1067 (4th Cir. 1993). for lack of jurisdiction. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal 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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