Mackenzie Elaine Brown v. Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-1499
MACKENZIE ELAINE BROWN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; ROBERT JORDAN WARREN,
Sheriff Deputy with Henderson County Sheriff’s Office - Patrol Division;
MICHAEL SCOTT LINDSAY, Sheriff Deputy with Henderson County Sheriff’s
Office - Patrol Division; CRYSTAL D. LANDERS, Sheriff Deputy with Henderson
County Sheriff’s Office - Patrol Division; JOHNNY E. DUNCAN, JR., Henderson
County Director of Technical Services/Public Information Officer; BRADLEY R.
REECE, Animal Enforcement Officer with Henderson County Sheriff’s
Department; BRITTANY NICOLE MAYBIN, Detention Facility Officer with
Henderson County Detention Facility; SUSAN N. OATES, Magistrate with North
Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; EMILY GREENE COWAN, District
Court Judge with the North Carolina Consolidated Judicial Retirement System,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:23-cv-00270-MR-WCM)
Submitted: August 28, 2025 Decided: September 2, 2025
Before GREGORY, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Mackenzie Elaine Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Sean Francis Perrin, WOMBLE BOND
DICKINSON (US) LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mackenzie Elaine Brown seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the
magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss some of the claims asserted in Brown’s civil
complaint while allowing some of Brown’s 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 Brown 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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