Robert Cooper v. Roderick R. Sowers

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-7579
ROBERT COOPER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
RODERICK R. SOWERS; J. MICHAEL STOUFFER, Commissioner of
Correction; BOBBY P. SHEARIN, Warden of North Branch Corr.
Inst.; G. B. MCALPINE; N. A. KLINK; J. L. HARBAUGH; KEVIN L.
LAMP, The Chaplain’s Office; PARRISH KAMMULF, Dietary
Manager; MICHAEL GUTILLO; C. GILPIN; J. PAYNE; V. WHITEMANS;
J. T. ZAIS; OFFICER BAUER; C. P. ROBINSON; JAMES SMITH; D.
L. SMITH; JOHN/JANE DOES; KATHY JACOBS; MARY JO ROSE; P. H.
PENNINGTON; FRANK B. BISHOP, JR., Warden of Western
Correctional Institution; RANDY WATSON, Deputy Commissioner;
E. LAMBERT; R. STOTLER; D. BEACHY; W. L. LEYDIG; RICHARD J.
GRAHAM, JR.; JOHN/JANE DOE, a/k/a Stephanie Coates; L.
MOULDIN, a/k/a Moulden; RANDY ADKINS; T. YUTZY; D.
BITTINGER; D. BROADWATER; OFFICER GOLDEN, a/k/a Gonoas;
ROBERT MANUEL; R. DOLLY; V. WARNICK, a/k/a Warnyck,
Psychology Dept.; BRUCE LILLER, Psychology Dept.; MR. BANKS,
Psychology Dept.; MS. HART; RONALD S. WEBER; J. SELLERS;
KEITH ARNOLD; M. CADY,
Defendants – Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Senior District
Judge. (1:13-cv-03872-JFM)
Submitted: March 31, 2016 Decided: June 29, 2016
Before SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.

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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Cooper, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Judith Lane-Weber,
Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert Cooper seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying in part and granting in part Defendants’ motion for
summary judgment and dismissing some of Cooper’s claims. This
court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28
U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral
orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v.
Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The
order Cooper 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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