Marcus Satterfield v. T. J. Knaub

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: August 2, 2024
• Docket: 24-6295
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6295

MARCUS ANTONIO SATTERFIELD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

OFFICER T. J. KNAUB, Police Officer of the R.P.D. Roxboro; ROXBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:23-cv-00144-WO-JLW)

Submitted: July 30, 2024 Decided: August 2, 2024

Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Marcus Antonio Satterfield, Appellant Pro Se. Katherine Marie Barber-Jones, HARTZOG LAW GROUP LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

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PER CURIAM:

Marcus Antonio Satterfield seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the

magistrate judge’s recommendation and dismissing in part Satterfield’s amended

complaint. 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 (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 has not adjudicated all the

claims raised in the amended complaint. Id. at 696-97. Specifically, although the district

court dismissed Satterfield’s Bivens * claim against Defendant T. J. Knaub, it did not

dismiss Satterfield’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against him. That claim remains pending in

the district court. Moreover, the portions of the district court’s order denying Satterfield’s

motions to further amend the complaint and denying his request for appointment of counsel

are not immediately appealable. See Kelly v. Town of Abingdon, 90 F.4th 158, 165 n.3 (4th

Cir. 2024) (motion to amend); Miller v. Simmons, 814 F.2d 962, 964 (4th Cir. 1987)

(motion for appointment of counsel). We therefore conclude that the order Satterfield

seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

* Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).

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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