Caustin Lee Mclaughlin, a/k/a Caustin Lee McLoughlin v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-1224
CAUSTIN LEE MCLAUGHLIN, a/k/a Caustin Lee McLoughlin,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Charles David Austin, Magistrate Judge. (1:24-cv-02285-CDA)
Submitted: September 25, 2025 Decided: September 29, 2025
Before GREGORY and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Caustin Lee Mclaughlin, Appellant Pro Se. Jean Godfrey, Special Assistant United States
Attorney, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Caustin Lee Mclaughlin seeks to appeal the district court’s March 7, 2025, order
referring his civil complaint, related to the denial of Mclaughin’s application for Social
Security benefits, to the magistrate judge. 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 that Mclaughlin seeks to appeal is neither a final order, given that
litigation on his claims is ongoing, nor is it an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Accordingly, we dismiss this 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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