Ricardo Lanier v. J. Burns ( 2023 )

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-7169
RICARDO EDWIN LANIER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
J. BURNS, Sheriff Officer, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office; Z. CAPPS, Sheriff
Officer, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:22-cv-00078-MR)
Submitted: July 25, 2023 Decided: July 27, 2023
Before WYNN and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ricardo Edwin Lanier, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Ricardo Edwin Lanier seeks to appeal the district court’s orders dismissing all of
his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims except for his excessive force claim, which the court allowed
to proceed, and denying his requests for reconsideration of the dismissal order. He also
seeks to appeal the district court’s subsequent orders denying his motion to change venue
because of the district court judge’s alleged bias and denying various types of relief he
requested in several letters to the 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, 545-46 (1949).
The orders Lanier seeks to appeal are neither final 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
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