United States v. Roberto Darden ( 2018 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-6304
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ROBERTO ANTOINE DARDEN, a/k/a Dizz-e, a/k/a Javon,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Newport News. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District Judge. (4:11-cr-00052-AWA-LRL-1;
4:14-cv-00136-AWA)
Submitted: August 30, 2018 Decided: September 7, 2018
Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Roberto Antoine Darden, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Roberto Antoine Darden seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on
his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. 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). “Ordinarily, a district court order is not final until it has resolved all claims
as to all parties.” Porter v. Zook, 803 F.3d 694, 696 (4th Cir. 2015) (internal quotation
marks omitted). “[I]f it appears from the record that the district court has not adjudicated
all of the issues in a case, then there is no final order.” Id. (applying rule to habeas cases).
Upon review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not rule on
Darden’s claims that counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to move to suppress
the seizure of certain evidence from a plastic tub Darden left at a former residence and by
failing to file a motion in limine excluding statements from the victim regarding a photo
lineup containing Darden. Thus, the order Darden seeks to appeal is neither a final order
nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See id.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand the case to
the district court for the court to consider the ineffective assistance claims on which it did
not rule. We deny Darden’s motion for a transcript at government expense and deny as
unnecessary Darden’s motion for a certificate of appealability. 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 AND REMANDED
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