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Brian Damon FARABEE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Dr. Robert GARDELLA, Psychiatrist; Christy F. McFarland, Psychologist; Daniel Herr, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees.
Brian Damon Farabee seeks to appeal the district court's order granting summary judgment to the defendants in his civil action. We may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 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). “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 the amended complaint. See id. at 696-97. Specifically, the court failed to address Farabee's claim in Count I of the complaint that Defendants violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by denying him clinically recommended mental health treatment. We conclude that the order Farabee seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny the pending motions to appoint counsel as moot, dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand to the district court for consideration of the unresolved claim. See id. at 699. We express no view on the merits of the claim. 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Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. 18-6146
Decided: September 24, 2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
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