Willie Rucker-El v. Mark Herring, No. 18-1129 (4th Cir. 2018)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-1129 WILLIE RUCKER-EL, Dr., Moorish American National, Divine Minister, Moslems, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MARK R. HERRING, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, Senior District Judge. (3:17-cv-00694-REP) Submitted: May 23, 2018 Decided: July 24, 2018 Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Willie Rucker-El, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Willie Rucker-El seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his complaint without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. 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, 545-47 (1949). The order Rucker-El seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc’y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619, 623-24 (4th Cir. 2015. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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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