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88 F. App'x 635

Jackson v. Sprid

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided February 26, 2004

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2004-02-26

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Domino Sugar Corporation v. Sugar Workers Local Union of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · Coniston Corporation v. Village of Hoffman Estates

Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion · Decided 2004-02-26

PER CURIAM.

¶1 Troy Matthew Jackson appeals the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice his complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). The district court’s dismissal without prejudice is not appeal-able. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir.1993). A dismissal without prejudice is a final order only if “ ‘no amendment [in the complaint] could cure the defects in the plaintiffs case.’ ” Id. at 1067 (quoting Coniston Corp. v. Village of Hoffman Estates, 844 F.2d 461, 463 (7th Cir.1988)). In ascertaining whether a dismissal without prejudice is reviewable in this court, we must determine “whether the plaintiff could save his action by merely amending his complaint.” Id. at 1066-67. In this case, Jackson may move in the district court to reopen his case and to file an amended complaint specifically alleging facts sufficient to state a § 1983 claim. Therefore, the dismissal order is not appealable. Accordingly, 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

¶2 DISMISSED

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