Jobs Virginia Community Development Corporation, a/k/a Jobs, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (2019)

Shaun Brown and Jenever Brown appeal the district court's order dismissing Defendants Virginia Department of Health, Dr. Michael Welch, Justin Curtis, Denise Branscome, and Elizabeth Law from the Plaintiffs’ civil rights action. 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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). Because the action remains pending as to the United States Department of Agriculture and William Strong, the order Plaintiffs seek to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Porter v. Zook, 803 F.3d 694, 696 (4th Cir. 2015); see also Hunter v. Town of Mocksville, 789 F.3d 389, 402 (4th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand the case to the district court to consider Plaintiffs’ claims against these remaining Defendants. 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Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.