Joe L. Adams, Jr. v. United States Post Office

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-2257
JOE L. ADAMS, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock
Hill. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (0:25-cv-06152-MGL-KDW)
Submitted: June 18, 2026 Decided: June 23, 2026
Before GREGORY and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joe Louis Adams, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Joe L. Adams, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion to
reassign the underlying action to different district court and magistrate judges. 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 Adams seeks to appeal is neither a
final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Cf. In re Virginia Elec. &
Power Co., 539 F.2d 357, 364 (4th Cir. 1976) (“We recognize that this court has held that
a District Judge’s denial . . . of a motion to disqualify . . . is not a final and appealable
order.” (internal block quotation omitted)). 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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