Gerald Hopper v. William Salazar, No. 22-1284 (4th Cir. 2022)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 22-1284 GERALD DAMONE HOPPER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WILLIAM SALAZAR, CMPD Police Officer, Defendant - Appellee, and TIM SIELAFF, Assistant District Attorney; MELODIE PELLOT-HERNANDEZ, Assistant District Attorney; FNU HUNTER, Assistant District Attorney, in official capacity, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Frank D. Whitney, District Judge. (3:21-cv-00636-FDW-DSC) Submitted: June 23, 2022 Decided: June 27, 2022 Before WYNN and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Gerald Damone Hopper, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Gerald Damone Hopper seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion for reconsideration of a previous order dismissing some, but not all, defendants in Hopper’s civil rights action. Hopper’s case remains pending in the district court against the remaining defendant. 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 Hopper 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 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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