Ekoko Avoki v. City of Chester, SC ( 2018 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-1957
EKOKO K. AVOKI; FRANCISCO AVOKI,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
CITY OF CHESTER SC; POLICE OF CHESTER SC; PTL. COVINGTON,
Individually; DOE I-XXX,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock
Hill. Donald C. Coggins, Jr., District Judge; Paige Jones Gossett, Magistrate Judge.
(0:17-cv-01141-DCC-PJG)
Submitted: December 18, 2018 Decided: December 20, 2018
Before AGEE, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ekoko K. Avoki, Francisco Avoki, Appellants Pro Se. David Allan DeMasters,
DAVIDSON, WREN & PLYLER, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Ekoko K. Avoki and Francisco Avoki (Appellants) seek to appeal the district
court’s omnibus text order rejecting their challenges to the magistrate judge’s orders on
several pretrial matters. 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 text order that Appellants seek 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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