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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John David WHITE, Defendant-Appellant.
John David White seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. In his § 2255 motion and related filings, White asserted violations of the Fourth Amendment, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The district court denied relief on most of White's claims but did not rule on his Fifth Amendment due process claim.
“We review our own jurisdiction de novo and must raise the issue sua sponte.” Clark v. Cartledge, 829 F.3d 303, 305 (4th Cir. 2016). We have jurisdiction over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), but “[o]rdinarily, a district court order is not ‘final’ until it has resolved all claims as to all parties.” Porter v. Zook, 803 F.3d 694, 696 (4th Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted). “Regardless of the label given a district court decision, if it appears from the record that the district court has not adjudicated all of the issues in a case, then there is no final order.” Id. Because the district court here did not adjudicate White's due process claim, the district court “never issued a final decision.” Id. at 699.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as interlocutory and remand to the district court for consideration of White's due process claim. We express no opinion regarding the merits of any of White's claims for § 2255 relief. 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 AND REMANDED
PER CURIAM:
Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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Docket No: No. 18-6781
Decided: March 04, 2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
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