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Rosa SANDOVAL, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. STARWEST SERVICES, LLC; Ehab Khalil; Tariq Algaily, Defendants - Appellants.
Starwest Services, LLC, Ehab Khalil, and Tariq Algaily (“the defendants”) appeal from the district court's order finding, after a bench trial, that they willfully violated Rosa Sandoval's rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–219, and entering a $25,508 judgment in her favor. After reviewing the record, however, we note that the district court did not adjudicate Sandoval's state law claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and quantum meruit.
Our jurisdiction generally extends to review only final orders, see 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, see 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949), and the district court's order is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order, see Porter v. Zook, 803 F.3d 694, 696-97 (4th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand the case to the district court to allow the district court to consider Sandoval's state law claims. We also dismiss as premature Sandoval's motions for attorney's fees.
We grant Sandoval's motion to submit the case on the briefs and 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Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. 18-1880
Decided: March 27, 2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
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