James Nathaniel Douse v. United States of America; Greylock McKinnon Associates

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-1838
JAMES NATHANIEL DOUSE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; GREYLOCK MCKINNON ASSOCIATES,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. Richard E. Myers, II, Chief District Judge. (5:24-cv-00277-M-BM)
Submitted: January 23, 2025 Decided: January 27, 2025
Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Nathaniel Douse, Appellant Pro Se. J. Dickson Philips, III, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, Preetha Suresh Rini, ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINSON, P.A., Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James Nathaniel Douse seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting Defendant
Greylock McKinnon Associates’ (“GMA”) motion for an extension of time to respond to
Douse’s complaint in the underlying civil litigation. Douse has also filed a combined
motion to compel the production of documents, to rescind or reverse the district court’s
order granting the extension of time, and to hold GMA in default.
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 Douse seeks to
appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Accordingly, we deny all pending motions and 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

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