Robert Frost, Jr. v. SC Dep't of Corrections ( 2012 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-7482
ROBERT FROST, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; DIRECTOR BILL
BYARS, South Carolina Department of Corrections; LEVERN
COHEN, Warden Ridgeland Correctional Institution; MS.
MONTOUTH, Inmate Grievance Coordinator, Ridgeland
Correctional Institution; CAPTAIN BEST, in their individual
and official capacity,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Orangeburg. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.,
District Judge. (5:11-cv-02520-JFA-KDW)
Submitted: December 20, 2012 Decided: December 27, 2012
Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Frost, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Matthew David Cavender,
Marshall Hodges Waldron, Jr., GRIFFITH, SADLER & SHARP, P.A.,
Beaufort, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Robert Frost, Jr., seeks to appeal the district
court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and
denying without prejudice the Defendants’ motion for summary
judgment in Frost’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. This
court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28
U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral
orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v.
Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The
order Frost 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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