Santana Cline v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-2354
SANTANA CLINE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
HSBC BANK USA, N.A.; REISENFELD & ASSOCIATES; CHRISTOPHER
DAWSON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at
Huntington. Robert C. Chambers, District Judge. (3:17-cv-02975)
Submitted: February 15, 2018 Decided: February 16, 2018
Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Santana Cline, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Michael Williamson, BLANK ROME LLP,
Washington, D.C.; Gregory Alan Stout, REISENFELD & ASSOCIATES LPA LLC,
Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Santana Cline seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the magistrate
judge’s recommendation to deny Cline’s motion for default judgment and to grant the
motion of HSBC Bank USA, N.A., in opposition to the entry of default. 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 order Cline
seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
See Adult Film Ass’n of Am., Inc. v. Thetford, 776 F.2d 113, 115 (5th Cir. 1985) (order
denying default judgment); Parks v. Collins, 761 F.2d 1101, 1104 (5th Cir. 1985) (order
granting motion to set aside entry of default). 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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