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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-1930 GARY L. GASKINS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, District Judge. (2:12-cv-00367-MSD-DEM) Submitted: November 13, 2012 Decided: November 15, 2012 Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Gary L. Gaskins, Appellant P
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-1930 GARY L. GASKINS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, District Judge. (2:12-cv-00367-MSD-DEM) Submitted: November 13, 2012 Decided: November 15, 2012 Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Gary L. Gaskins, Appellant Pr..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1930
GARY L. GASKINS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, District
Judge. (2:12-cv-00367-MSD-DEM)
Submitted: November 13, 2012 Decided: November 15, 2012
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gary L. Gaskins, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Gary L. Gaskins seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing without prejudice his complaint under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(e) (2006) for failing to state a cognizable claim. This
court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28
U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral
orders. 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P.
54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541, 545–
46 (1949). The order Gaskins seeks to appeal is neither a final
order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order
because it is possible for him to cure the pleading deficiencies
in the complaint that were identified by the district
court. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392,
10 F.3d 1064, 1066–67 (4th Cir. 1993) (holding that a dismissal
without prejudice is not appealable unless it is clear that no
amendment to the complaint “could cure the defects in the
plaintiff’s case” (internal quotation marks omitted)); see
also Chao v. Rivendell Woods, Inc.,
415 F.3d 342, 345 (4th Cir.
2005) (explaining that, under Domino Sugar, this court must
“examine the appealability of a dismissal without prejudice
based on the specific facts of the case in order to guard
against piecemeal litigation and repetitive appeals”).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
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contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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