WATSON v. DOE (2021)

Travis L. Watson seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing some claims in Watson's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and transferring his remaining claims to the district court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The transferred claims were dismissed without prejudice after Watson moved to voluntarily dismiss his case. This court 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). The order Watson seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Moreover, Watson is “not entitled to appeal from a consensual dismissal of [his] claim.” See Keena v. Groupon, Inc., 886 F.3d 360, 365 (4th Cir. 2018). Accordingly, although we grant Watson's motion to amend his informal brief, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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

PER CURIAM:

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.