Christopher Lee Johnson v. South Carolina Department of Corrections; Broad River Correctional Institution

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-6410
CHRISTOPHER LEE JOHNSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; BROAD RIVER
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
LT. CLEAVELAND; LT WARD; SGT CASSADOS; LT JOHNSON,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Greenville. Joseph Dawson, III, District Judge. (6:24-cv-06461-JD-KFM)
Submitted: September 25, 2025 Decided: September 30, 2025
Before GREGORY and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Christopher Lee Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Janet Brooks Holmes, MCKAY FIRM, PA,
Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Christopher Lee Johnson seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the
magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to dismiss Johnson’s claims against two
defendants, while allowing the rest of his claims to proceed. 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 Johnson 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

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