Terry Thompson v. Charles Opoku ( 2021 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-7243
TERRY THOMPSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CHARLES OPOKU; ALIESHA HAYNES; DERRICK GARNETT; TYLECIA
RENE; DANIEL MORGAN; KURT MOORE; DEAN GADSON; SABA ASRAT;
CORIZON, INCORPORATED; ANDREW JACKSON; WILLIAM LEWIS;
STEPHEN STANBACK,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. (1:18-cv-01022-ELH)
Submitted: February 23, 2021 Decided: February 26, 2021
Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Terry Thompson, Appellant Pro Se. Tonia Yvetta Belton Gofreed, PRINCE GEORGE’S
COUNTY OFFICE OF LAW, Largo, Maryland; Patricia H. Beall, Jacqueline G. Greiss,
MARKS, O’NEILL, O’BRIEN, DOHERTY & KELLY, P.C., Towson, Maryland, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Terry Thompson seeks to appeal two orders entered in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil
rights action granting summary judgment to some, but not all, defendants. Thompson’s
case remains pending in the district court against the remaining defendants. 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, 545-46 (1949). The orders Thompson seeks to appeal are neither
final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. * 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
*
Thompson does not argue on appeal that the district court improperly denied his
request for a preliminary injunction, therefore that portion of the May 14, 2019, order is
not before this court.
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