Robert Holland Koon, a/k/a Robert Koon, a/k/a Robert H. Koon v. Global Telmate

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-6440
ROBERT HOLLAND KOON, a/k/a Robert Koon, a/k/a Robert H. Koon,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
GLOBAL TELMATE; WELLS FARGO OF CHARLESTON; S.C.D.C.;
DIRECTOR STIRLING; ANNIE RUMLER; RHODESIA TAYLOR; MAJOR
TERRY; M. H. CUNNINGHAM; CLASSIFICATION GREENE; A. W. TURNER;
WILLIE DAVIS; SCDHEC DIRECTOR JOHN DOE; MOTLEY RICE LLC;
JOSEPH F. RICE; HOOD LAW FIRM, LLC; W. CHRISTOPHER SWETT;
ELLOREE GANES; JOHN DOE LAW FIRMS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.
Sherri A. Lydon, District Judge. (4:21-cv-01499-SAL)
Submitted: August 18, 2022 Decided: August 23, 2022
Before WYNN, THACKER, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Holland Koon, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert Holland Koon seeks to appeal from a motion he filed in his civil action
requesting that the district court transfer his case to state court. 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, 545-47 (1949). The motion Koon 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 deny Koon’s motion to appoint counsel and 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
* Although the district court issued an order directing the dismissal of Koon’s action
before we considered this appeal, the doctrine of cumulative finality does not cure the
jurisdictional defect. See Houck v. LifeStore Bank, ___ F.4th ___, ___, No. 21-1280, 2022
WL 2813066, at *4 (4th Cir. July 19, 2022) (noting that doctrine applies where appellant
appeals from order that could have been certified under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b)).

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