UNITED STATES v. MCCARSON (2020)

Peggy Shelton McCarson seeks to appeal the district court's order denying her motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2018), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2018); 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). “Ordinarily, 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).

Our review of the record reveals that the district court did not adjudicate all of the claims raised in McCarson's motion for compassionate release. See id. at 696-97. Specifically, the court failed to address McCarson's claim that her heightened susceptibility to COVID-19 is an extraordinary and compelling reason justifying compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).^* We conclude that the order McCarson seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand to the district court for consideration of the unresolved claim. Id. at 699. We express no view as to the merits of the claim. We deny as moot McCarson's motion for release pending appeal.

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

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE.   The district court considered McCarson's claim that she was eligible for compassionate release based on her diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (“CLL”), but it did not consider her claim that she was eligible for compassionate release because her CLL and the failure of her custodial facility to effectively quarantine its inmates increased her susceptibility to COVID-19.

PER CURIAM:

Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.