Matthew Jones v. Maryland State Police; Salisbury Maryland Police; Baltimore Maryland Police

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-1985
MATTHEW JONES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MARYLAND STATE POLICE; SALISBURY MARYLAND POLICE;
BALTIMORE MARYLAND POLICE,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Julie R. Rubin, District Judge. (1:23-cv-03311-JRR)
Submitted: December 5, 2024 Decided: December 9, 2024
Before GREGORY and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Matthew Jones, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Matthew Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying a defendant’s
motion to dismiss his complaint for failure to state a claim and granting Jones 28 days to
file an amended complaint. 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 Jones 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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