# Mackenzie Brown v. Henderson County Sheriff's Office

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · September 2, 2025

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11132109

## Case

- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** September 2, 2025
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

USCA4 Appeal: 25-1499 Doc: 15 Filed: 09/02/2025 Pg: 1 of 3

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-1499

MACKENZIE ELAINE BROWN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; ROBERT JORDAN WARREN,
Sheriff Deputy with Henderson County Sheriff’s Office - Patrol Division;
MICHAEL SCOTT LINDSAY, Sheriff Deputy with Henderson County Sheriff’s
Office - Patrol Division; CRYSTAL D. LANDERS, Sheriff Deputy with Henderson
County Sheriff’s Office - Patrol Division; JOHNNY E. DUNCAN, JR., Henderson
County Director of Technical Services/Public Information Officer; BRADLEY R.
REECE, Animal Enforcement Officer with Henderson County Sheriff’s
Department; BRITTANY NICOLE MAYBIN, Detention Facility Officer with
Henderson County Detention Facility; SUSAN N. OATES, Magistrate with North
Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; EMILY GREENE COWAN, District
Court Judge with the North Carolina Consolidated Judicial Retirement System,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:23-cv-00270-MR-WCM)

Submitted: August 28, 2025 Decided: September 2, 2025

Before GREGORY, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
USCA4 Appeal: 25-1499 Doc: 15 Filed: 09/02/2025 Pg: 2 of 3

Mackenzie Elaine Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Sean Francis Perrin, WOMBLE BOND
DICKINSON (US) LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Mackenzie Elaine Brown seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the

magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss some of the claims asserted in Brown’s civil

complaint while allowing some of Brown’s claims to proceed. 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). The order Brown seeks to appeal is neither a final

order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. 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 this court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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