The opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-1318
SABRINA RENEE BROWN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
TONEKA THORNTON; CAROLYN ELIZABETH BLACK; ADELE LAURIE
ADKINS, a/k/a Pop Star; STEPHANIE ALBRIGHT; KARLINE MOSLEY;
FELECIA RENEE GRAY; NAZLAH UNIQUE THORNTON; MONICA
DUVALL CATALPA; NEKEZIAH ROBERTSON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District Judge. (2:17-cv-00046-RAJ-DEM)
Submitted: May 25, 2017 Decided: May 30, 2017
Before MOTZ, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed and remanded with instructions by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sabrina Renee Brown, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Sabrina Renee Brown seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her civil
complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) (2012) without prejudice for failure to state a
claim. 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., 337 U.S. 541, 545-47 (1949).
Because it is possible that Brown could cure the defects in her complaint through
amendment, the order she seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable
interlocutory or collateral order. Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc’y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619,
623-25, 628-30 (4th Cir. 2015); 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 Brown to
file an amended complaint. 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 AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS
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