Crystal Rivers v. Robert Chapman, III, No. 20-1476 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-1476 CRYSTAL VL RIVERS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ROBERT R. CHAPMAN, III; SHERWOOD DAY, VSB #21521; FRANK W. MORRISON, VSB #07549, Defendants - Appellees, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; VIRGINIA STATE POLICE; BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA; CITY OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA; KAREN DEER; MARYLOU PRILLIMAN; BILL TALBOTT; VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION; E. JOSEPH FACE, JR., Commissioner; BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., a/k/a Bank of the James; SELECT BANK FINANCIAL CORP; SELECT BANK; J. MICHAEL THOMAS; OLD DOMINION NATIONAL BANK; MARK MERRILL; KELLY POTTER; UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION, now Atlantic Union Bankshares; UNION BANK AND TRUST, now Atlantic Union Bank; successor of and formerly StellarOne Bank, formerly Planters Bank & Trust Company of Virginia; ADVANTAGE TITLE & CLOSING LLC; JENNIFER RICHARDSON; MATT FARRIS; SHANA BECK LESTER; RALPH H. BECK; S & R FARM, LLC; BBOYZ LLC; SERENITY ACRES FARM LLC; LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, INCORPORATED; LAURA J. WALLACE; SETH ELI TWERY, VSB #20031; LISA SCHENKEL, VSB #21521; STEVEN R. GRANT; NORTHCREEK INC. NORTH CREEK CONSTRUCTION; DAVID EDMUNDSON; KELLY EDMUNDSON; SERENE CREEK RUN ASSOCIATION; TRAVIS BAKER; JENNIFER BAKER; MICHAEL FRIEDMAN; LOREN FRIEDMAN; RICHARD ROGERS; BETH ROGERS; MATTHEW KRYCINSKI; SARAH KRYCINSKI; MICHAEL BRADBURY; HOWARD FREAR; BARBARA FREAR; WILLIAM FLUKER; MICHELLE FLUKER; MARGIE CALLAHAN; TED COUNTS REALTY GROUP AND AUCTION CO INC.; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; IRS-CRIMINAL DIVISION; ALBEMARLE COUNTY; STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION; BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; ROBERT BEACH; BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA; MARK LOFTIS, VSB #79538; PRESCOTT H. GAY, SR., VSB #17727; SAMEER M. PATEL, VSB#65811; SHERRI SACKETT; PETER C. SACKETT, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Lynchburg. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (6:18-cv-00061-EKD-JCH) Submitted: December 4, 2020 Decided: December 29, 2020 Before MOTZ, WYNN, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Crystal VL Rivers, Appellant Pro Se. Elaine Duross McCafferty, WOODS ROGERS, PLC, Charlottesville, Virginia; Richard Thomas Gilman, RICHARD GILMAN, Forest, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Crystal VL Rivers seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting in part the magistrate judge’s recommendations and dismissing some—but not all—of the claims raised in Rivers’ civil action. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Rivers seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We further dismiss as moot Appellee Sherwood Day’s motion to dismiss the appeal and deny Rivers’ motions for an extension of time to file a reply brief and leave to supplement the record. 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 3

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