Coriante L. Pierce v. Lindsey Spain

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-6056
CORIANTE L. PIERCE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
LINDSEY SPAIN; SANTANA DEBERRY; MCLLOYD T. BYNUM, Detective
Special Victims Unit; CERELYN DAVIS, “C.T.”, Detective Special Victims Unit;
ROBERT MCCASLIN, M.D.; STEPHANIE STEMPLE, M.D.; JESSICA TORRES,
RN; JESSICA R. BROWN, Financial Crimes Investigator, Wells Fargo; RALPH K.
FRASIER; CLARENCE BIRKHEAD, Sheriff Durham County,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
Greensboro. Joi Elizabeth Peake, Magistrate Judge. (1:20-cv-00711-WO-JEP)
Submitted: May 20, 2021 Decided: May 25, 2021
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Coriante L. Pierce, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Coriante L. Pierce seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s recommendation to
dismiss without prejudice Pierce’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. We 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 Pierce seeks to appeal is neither a final
order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss this
appeal for lack of jurisdiction and deny Pierce’s motion to appoint counsel. 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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