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641 F. App'x 281

Gerald Whiting v. Harold Clark

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided March 22, 2016

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2016-03-22

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · See v. City of Seattle · Domino Sugar Corporation v. Sugar Workers Local Union of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

Decided 2016-03-22

¶1 Dismissed and remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

¶2 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

¶3 Gerald Whiting seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition without prejudice for failing to comply with a court order. *282 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., 387 U.S. 541, 545-46, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The order Whiting seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir.1993). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand the case to the district court with instructions to allow Whiting to file an amended petition. See Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc’y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619, 630 (4th Cir.2015), 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.

¶4 DISMISSED AND REMANDED.

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